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

Eva Liina, Asu ; Ewald, Otto LU and Schötz, Susanne LU orcid (2015) Fonetik 2015 55. p.23-26
Abstract
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].
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Estonian Swedish, pronunciation
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Working Papers
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Svensson Lundmark, Malin ; Ambrazaitis, Gilbert and Weijer, Joost van der
volume
55
pages
4 pages
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Lund University
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Fonetik 2015
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Lund, Sweden
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2015-06-08 - 2015-06-10
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0280-526X
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English
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The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Logopedics, Phoniatrics and Audiology (013020000), Humanities Lab (015101200), Linguistics and Phonetics (015010003)
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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].}},
  author       = {{Eva Liina, Asu and Ewald, Otto and Schötz, Susanne}},
  booktitle    = {{Working Papers}},
  editor       = {{Svensson Lundmark, Malin and Ambrazaitis, Gilbert and Weijer, Joost van der}},
  issn         = {{0280-526X}},
  keywords     = {{Estonian Swedish; pronunciation}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{23--26}},
  publisher    = {{Lund University}},
  title        = {{The realisation of sj- and tj- sounds in Estonian Swedish : some preliminary results}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/3623683/8230851.pdf}},
  volume       = {{55}},
  year         = {{2015}},
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