Abstract
This paper presents an analysis of regional variation patterns in the pronunciation
of standard Dutch /γ/ as spoken in the Netherlands and Flanders. The subjects are
80 Dutch and 80 Flemish professional speakers of the standard language (Dutch
language teachers), stratified for region, gender and age. The speech material
used in this paper consists of read carrier sentences, with the fricative in onset
position, and in which the participants were maximally focused on standard
pronunciation. The analyses are based on auditory transcriptions of voice, place
of articulation and scrapiness. Seventeen variants of /γ/ show up in the data, but
there is a clear geographical split, not coinciding with the state border between
the Netherlands and Flanders: north of the rivers Waal and Maas uvular realizations
appear to be the standard, south of them (palato-)velars.
of standard Dutch /γ/ as spoken in the Netherlands and Flanders. The subjects are
80 Dutch and 80 Flemish professional speakers of the standard language (Dutch
language teachers), stratified for region, gender and age. The speech material
used in this paper consists of read carrier sentences, with the fricative in onset
position, and in which the participants were maximally focused on standard
pronunciation. The analyses are based on auditory transcriptions of voice, place
of articulation and scrapiness. Seventeen variants of /γ/ show up in the data, but
there is a clear geographical split, not coinciding with the state border between
the Netherlands and Flanders: north of the rivers Waal and Maas uvular realizations
appear to be the standard, south of them (palato-)velars.
| Original language | Dutch |
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| Pages (from-to) | 172-195 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | Taal en tongval |
| Volume | 59 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |