Abstract
The article describes the manifestation and distribution of 15 phonological variables in a rural heritage language community in South Dakota, USA. I discuss to what extent dialect convergence has occurred in this former Danish settlement. The data sample encompasses speakers born in Northwest Jutland in Denmark, as well as speakers born in South Dakota to parents who emigrated from Northwest Jutland. The analysis shows that dialectal convergence has not occurred to any significant degree, in spite of what may be expected; speakers born in South Dakota have significantly more dialectal features in their speech than the speakers born in Denmark. The analysis also reveals a sizeable degree of inter-speaker variation within both groups, as well as a considerable variation between the variables with respect to how likely they are to be realized dialectally versus nondialectally. The results are discussed in relation to theories of shared linguistic repertoire and individuation in small speech communities.
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Tidsskrift | Journal of Germanic Linguistics |
| Vol/bind | 30 |
| Udgave nummer | 2 |
| Sider (fra-til) | 95-130 |
| Antal sider | 36 |
| ISSN | 1470-5427 |
| Status | Udgivet - 1 jun. 2018 |
Bibliografisk note
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*This work was supported by a grant from the A. P. Møller Foundation, the Carlsberg Foundation, and the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen. I am grateful to two anonymous reviewers, Frans Gregersen, Karoline Kühl, and Jessie Leigh Nielsen for insightful comments on previous versions of this article. I am also grateful to Gert Foget Hansen for technical assistance and to Inge Lise Pedersen, Karen Margrethe Pedersen, Henrik Hovmark, and Asgerd Gudiksen for sharing their knowledge about Danish dialects with me. I alone am responsible for any errors or shortcomings.
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