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The realisation of sj- and tj- sounds in Estonian Swedish : some preliminary results

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Author

Editor

  • Malin Svensson Lundmark
  • Gilbert Ambrazaitis
  • Joost van der Weijer

Summary, in English

The aim of the present study is to cast some light on the realisation of sj- and tj-sounds (/ɧ/ and /ɕ/) in Estonian Swedish. These sounds are said not to occur in this variety of Swedish, or to have a different realisation as compared to Standard Swedish (Lagman, 1979). Our analysis, based on repetitions of elicited words produced by five elderly speakers of Estonian Swedish, shows that sj- and tj-sounds

are mainly pronounced the way they are spelt (e.g. tjock [tjɔkː] (thick, fat) or stjärna [stjɑːɳ] (star)). There appears, however, some variation in the realisation of the sj-sound, which depending on the word and position in the word can also be pronounced as a retroflex fricative [ʂ] or a palatal fricative [ç]or [ɕ].

Publishing year

2015

Language

English

Pages

23-26

Publication/Series

Working Papers

Volume

55

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

Lund University

Topic

  • General Language Studies and Linguistics

Keywords

  • Estonian Swedish
  • pronunciation

Conference name

Fonetik 2015

Conference date

2015-06-08 - 2015-06-10

Conference place

Lund, Sweden

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0280-526X