Quantity in ten Swedish dialects in Northern Sweden and Österbotten in Finland

The paper presents duration data based on V:C and VC: sequences in isolated words in ten dialects spoken in the north of Sweden (Norrbotten and Vsterbotten) and Finland (sterbotten). Data are given as ratios of phonologically short to long vowels and consonants (V/V: and C/C:), and vowels to followi...

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Main Author: Eva Strangert
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2001
Subjects:
Österbotten
Northern Sweden
Norrbotten
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.16.741
http://www.ling.umu.se/~anderse/SWEDIA/papers/strangert_fonetik2001.pdf
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Summary:The paper presents duration data based on V:C and VC: sequences in isolated words in ten dialects spoken in the north of Sweden (Norrbotten and Vsterbotten) and Finland (sterbotten). Data are given as ratios of phonologically short to long vowels and consonants (V/V: and C/C:), and vowels to following consonants (V/C: and V:/C). Compared to Central Standard Swedish all the dialects employ greater durational differences to maintain distinctions of quantity, although the degree to which they differ varies between them. Generally, the further to the north and to the east, the greater the differences between the dialect and Central Standard Swedish.

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