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Om r-fonemets historia i svenskan

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Summary, in English

It is suggested that Proto-Nordic /r/ was velar or uvular and /z/ postdental. It is suggsted that the two pronunciations were preserved in different areas after the phonemic merger: postdental in central Sweden and Norway and velar/uvular in the south of Scandinavia. The idea that the velar /r/ was imported from France int he 17th or 18th century is rejected.

Department/s

Publishing year

2005

Language

Swedish

Publication/Series

Nordlund. Småskrifter från institutionen för nordiska språk i Lund

Volume

25

Document type

Book

Publisher

The dept of Scandinavian languages

Topic

  • Languages and Literature

Keywords

  • Rhotacism
  • Uvular/velar vs. postdental /r/
  • Language history
  • Scandinavian languages

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0281-5427