Grimstaddialekten i utvikling : En undersøkelse av enkelte talespråklige trekk i grimstaddialekten

2020

Master's thesis in Advanced teacher education level 8-13 (NO505) In this thesis I have examined the use of dialect in nine people of three different generations from Grimstad city centre. I selected six linguistic variables that I wanted to examine more closely; three phonological variables (r-sound, lenis plosivesand retroflex) and three morphological variables (personal pronoun 1st person singular, verb ending in present tense and adverbs of negation). The basis for this study is my observation of variations in the use of these traits, especially between different generations. Consequently, I have correlated the six linguistic variables with the social variable generation. In order to com…