Regional dialect levelling and language standards : changes in the HĂžnefoss dialect
This is a sociolinguistic investigation of regional dialect levelling and the role that standardised language plays for this particular type of dialect change. This study combines a quantitative variationist investigation of linguistic variation and change in East Norwegian cities HĂžnefoss and Oslo with experimental and qualitative studies of attitudinal data in HĂžnefoss. The aim of the study is to shed light on the role that standard language ideologies play for loss of localised dialects. Varieties of East Norwegian spoken in the small city HĂžnefoss and the capital city Oslo are becoming increasingly alike. Oslo speech is an influential factor in the loss in HĂžnefoss of local linguistic variants in variables 3pl personal pronouns and <rd>. The force behind the regional dialect levelling is not the Oslo dialect only, however. Overt and covert attitudinal data show that the influence is twofold and that the codified written variety of Norwegian, BokmĂ"l, largely influences speakersâ usage of local variants for linguistic variables stress in loanwords and plural definite article suffixes. The investigation considers linguistic ideals that speakers link to codification of language (correctness), education
Hilton, Nanna Haug
Regional dialect levelling and language standards : changes in the HĂžnefoss dialect. This is a sociolinguistic investigation of regional dialect levelling and the role that standardised language plays for this particular type of dialect change. This study combines a quantitative variationist investigation of linguistic variation and change in East Norwegian cities HĂžnefoss and Oslo with experimental and qualitative studies of attitudinal data in HĂžnefoss. The aim of the study is to shed light on the role that standard language ideologies play for loss of localised dialects. Varieties of East Norwegian spoken in the small city HĂžnefoss and the capital city Oslo are becoming increasingly alike. Oslo speech is an influential factor in the loss in HĂžnefoss of local linguistic variants in variables 3pl personal pronouns and <rd>. The force behind the regional dialect levelling is not the Oslo dialect only, however. Overt and covert attitudinal data show that the influence is twofold and that the codified written variety of Norwegian, BokmĂ"l, largely influences speakersâ usage of local variants for linguistic variables stress in loanwords and plural definite article suffixes. The investigation considers linguistic ideals that speakers link to codification of language (correctness), education
regional dialect level language standard change dialect sociolinguistic_investigation regional dialect level role standardise language play particular_type dialect change study combine_quantitative variationist investigation linguistic_variation change east norwegian city experimental qualitative_study attitudinal data aim_study shed_light role standard language_ideology play loss localise dialect varieties east norwegian speak small city capital_city become_increasingly alike speech influential factor loss local linguistic_variant variables personal_pronoun force behind regional dialect level dialect however overt covert attitudinal data_show influence twofold codify write variety norwegian largely influence speaker usage local variant linguistic_variable stress loanword plural definite_article suffix investigation considers linguistic ideal speaker link codification language correctness education