A4 Refereed article in a conference publication
Tracking change in social meaning The indexicality of "damped" /i/ in rural Sweden
Authors: Jenny Nilsson, Therese Leinonen, Lena Wenner
Editors: Juan-Andrés Villena-Ponsoda, Francisco Díaz Montesinos, Antonio-Manuel Ávila-Muñoz, Matilde Vida-Castro
Conference name: International Conference on Language Variation in Europe
Publisher: JOHN BENJAMINS B V PUBL, PO BOX 36224 ,, 1020 AMSTERDAM ME, NETHERLANDS
Publication year: 2019
Journal: Studies in Language Variation
Book title : Language Variation - European Perspectives VII
Journal name in source: LANGUAGE VARIATION - EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES VII
Journal acronym: STUD LANG VAR
Volume: 22
First page : 145
Last page: 157
Number of pages: 13
ISBN: 978-90-272-0417-2
eISBN: 978-90-272-6207-3
ISSN: 1872-9592
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/silv.22.09nil
In this study, we focus on the different connotations of [i] (a variant of the phoneme /i/) in Sweden in order to discuss the possible processes behind the changes in social meaning for a linguistic form.(1) We investigate two rural areas (Skarharrm and Edsbyn), where the feature has been part of the traditional dialect, indexing place. In order to investigate how the social meaning of this variant has changed over time we have approached the phenomenon from different angles. Apart from investigating the change in use between the mid-20th century and present time, we have analysed informants' production, attitudes and specifically perception of [i] today. In Skarhamn [i] still indexes place. In Edsbyn, the social meaning of this variant is more complex.
