Phonological individuation in a former Danish settlement in South Dakota, USA
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Phonological individuation in a former Danish settlement in South Dakota, USA. / Heegård, Jan.
In: Journal of Germanic Linguistics, Vol. 30, No. 2, 18.04.2018, p. 95-130.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Phonological individuation in a former Danish settlement in South Dakota, USA
AU - Heegård, Jan
N1 - ;
PY - 2018/4/18
Y1 - 2018/4/18
N2 - The article describes the manifestation and distribution of 15 phonological variables in a rural heritage language community in South Dakota, USA. I discuss to what extent dialect convergence has occurred in this former Danish settlement. The data sample encompasses speakers born in Northwest Jutland in Denmark, as well as speakers born in South Dakota to parents who emigrated from Northwest Jutland. The analysis shows that dialectal convergence has not occurred to any significant degree, in spite of what may be expected; speakers born in South Dakota have significantly more dialectal features in their speech than the speakers born in Denmark. The analysis also reveals a sizeable degree of inter-speaker variation within both groups, as well as a considerable variation between the variables with respect to how likely they are to be realized dialectally versus nondialectally. The results are discussed in relation to theories of shared linguistic repertoire and individuation in small speech communities.
AB - The article describes the manifestation and distribution of 15 phonological variables in a rural heritage language community in South Dakota, USA. I discuss to what extent dialect convergence has occurred in this former Danish settlement. The data sample encompasses speakers born in Northwest Jutland in Denmark, as well as speakers born in South Dakota to parents who emigrated from Northwest Jutland. The analysis shows that dialectal convergence has not occurred to any significant degree, in spite of what may be expected; speakers born in South Dakota have significantly more dialectal features in their speech than the speakers born in Denmark. The analysis also reveals a sizeable degree of inter-speaker variation within both groups, as well as a considerable variation between the variables with respect to how likely they are to be realized dialectally versus nondialectally. The results are discussed in relation to theories of shared linguistic repertoire and individuation in small speech communities.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Danish dialect
KW - Northwest Jutish
KW - heritage language
KW - multi-factorial regression analysis
KW - interspeaker variation
M3 - Journal article
VL - 30
SP - 95
EP - 130
JO - Journal of Germanic Linguistics
JF - Journal of Germanic Linguistics
SN - 1470-5427
IS - 2
ER -
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