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Title: | Syllable reduction and articulation rates in Danish, Norwegian and Swedish | Contributor(s): | Hilton, Nanna Haug (author); Schuppert, Anja (author); Gooskens, Charlotte (author) | Publication Date: | 2011 | DOI: | 10.1017/s0332586511000175 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/20434 | Abstract: | This investigation compares articulation rates of phonological and phonetic syllables in Norwegian, Swedish and Danish to investigate differences in degrees of syllable deletion (reduction) among these three languages. For the investigation two sets of data are used: one consisting of recorded speech from radio news and another consisting of sentences read aloud. The results of the comparative investigation show that in both data sets Danish exhibits a much larger degree of syllable reduction in speech than Norwegian and Swedish. The finding that certain syllable deletion processes take place in Danish but not in Norwegian and Swedish is viewed as typological. The results indicate that Danish words are shorter than their Norwegian and Swedish counterparts. This could be a contributing factor to problems that arise in inter-Scandinavian communication. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Nordic Journal of Linguistics, 34(2), p. 215-237 | Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1502-4717 0332-5865 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 209999 Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 959999 Cultural Understanding not elsewhere classified | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences |
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