The phonetic profile of Swedish
(2006) In Sprachtypologie und Universalienforschung 59(1). p.12-35- Abstract
- This chapter is “typological” in two senses: Whereas the first section considers some of the sounds
and sound patterns of Swedish from a universal-typological point of view, the second section discusses the
considerable phonetic variability observed across the various dialects of the language. It is argued that, with
some exceptions, Swedish is typologically fairly mainstream. Exceptions concern particularly the inventory
of non-back rounded vowels, voiceless fricatives and partly prosody. The Swedish dialects are found to
contain several distinct consonant and vowel types that are not encountered in Standard varieties. It is also
found that the intonational structure of the Swedish... (More) - This chapter is “typological” in two senses: Whereas the first section considers some of the sounds
and sound patterns of Swedish from a universal-typological point of view, the second section discusses the
considerable phonetic variability observed across the various dialects of the language. It is argued that, with
some exceptions, Swedish is typologically fairly mainstream. Exceptions concern particularly the inventory
of non-back rounded vowels, voiceless fricatives and partly prosody. The Swedish dialects are found to
contain several distinct consonant and vowel types that are not encountered in Standard varieties. It is also
found that the intonational structure of the Swedish dialects is fairly complex and diversified. The third
section concludes the chapter with some informal observations of possible sound changes in progress. (Less)
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- Bruce, Gösta LU and Engstrand, Olle
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- 2006
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- Sprachtypologie und Universalienforschung
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- 12 - 35
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- Akademie Verlag
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- 0942-2919
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- 10.1524/stuf.2006.59.1.12
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abstract = {{This chapter is “typological” in two senses: Whereas the first section considers some of the sounds<br/><br>
and sound patterns of Swedish from a universal-typological point of view, the second section discusses the<br/><br>
considerable phonetic variability observed across the various dialects of the language. It is argued that, with<br/><br>
some exceptions, Swedish is typologically fairly mainstream. Exceptions concern particularly the inventory<br/><br>
of non-back rounded vowels, voiceless fricatives and partly prosody. The Swedish dialects are found to<br/><br>
contain several distinct consonant and vowel types that are not encountered in Standard varieties. It is also<br/><br>
found that the intonational structure of the Swedish dialects is fairly complex and diversified. The third<br/><br>
section concludes the chapter with some informal observations of possible sound changes in progress.}},
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