Enhanced coarticulatory labialization of /ts/ in Argentine Danish

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Abstract

This paper presents an acoustic study of /ts/ in Argentine Danish. It shows that frication phase of Argentine Danish /ts/ is highly effected by a following rounded vowel. It also shows that this is significantly more the case in the isolate Argentine Danish settlement Eldorado than in the settlements on the Pampa and in Buenos Aires. A comparison with Standard Danish as spoken in Denmark showed that Argentine Danish shows a more generalized pattern of co-articulation. The results indicate that Argentine Danish in this respect forms a new variety of Danish, and that the speech of Eldorado sticks out within this variety. The paper argues this allophonic change of /ts/ not come about through influence from Argentine Spanish but must have developed ‘internally’ in Argentine Danish.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftNordic Journal of Linguistics
Antal sider27
ISSN0332-5865
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2024

Emneord

  • Det Humanistiske Fakultet
  • affricate
  • bilingualism
  • Centre of Gravity
  • dialect formation
  • fricatives
  • heritage Danish
  • heritage language
  • language contact
  • mixed effect regression analysis

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