Documentation of Gutnish phonetics and phonology

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Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Caspar Jordan - University of Gothenburg, SND

Description:

This study constitutes a basic description of the phonetics and phonology of the Gutnish language which is spoken in the Swedish province Gotland. Based on original recordings collected by me in Gotland during the summer of 2011 the vowel and consonant inventory is mapped, phonotactic rules are established and stress and pitch accents patterns described. The introduction gives some background information about the language and tries to evaluate the linguistic situation in Gotland. Throughout, local variation is acknowledged in an attempt to show the diversity but also the instability of the language.

Purpose:

The aim of this study was to gather sound recordings of speakers of Gutnish and to use them to describe phonteic and phonological traits of the Gutnish language. I also wanted to provide some comments on the linguistic status of Gutnish.

Subject area:

language and linguistics (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Humanities and the Arts, Languages and Literature, General Language Studies and Linguistics, Specific Languages (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

texts, phonetics, dialect, speach, intonation, accent, linguistics, Indoeuropean languages, Germanic languages, Nordic languages, Guthnic, Gutnish

Principal organisation:

Information not available, contact SND for more information

Accessibility status:

Access to data through an external actor
Access to data is restricted

Responsible department/unit:

Information not available, contact SND for more information, School of Oriental and African Studies

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Caspar Jordan - University of Gothenburg, SND

Identifiers:

SND-ID: EXT 0145

Description:

Time period(s) investigated:

2011-06-28 — 2011-09-15

Geographic spread:

Geographic location: Gotland County, Gotland Municipality, Fårö Parish, Östergarn Parish, Stånga-Burs Parish, Alva, Hemse and Rone Parish

Geographic description: Gotland

Sampling procedure:

Non-probability: Purposive

Subject area:

Keywords:

texts, phonetics, dialect, speach, intonation, accent, linguistics, Indoeuropean languages, Germanic languages, Nordic languages, Guthnic, Gutnish

Contact for questions about the data:

Caspar Jordan

Available documentation:

Documentation of Gutnish phonetics and phonology.pdf

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Jordan, Caspar. 2011. Documentation of Gutnish Phonetics and Phonology. [Unpublished MA thesis].

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