This chapter is typological in two senses: Whereas the first section considers some of the sounds and sound patterns of Swedish from a universal-typological point of view, the second section discusses the considerable phonetic variability observed across the various dialects of the language...
Keywords: Swedish, typology, phonetic, dialect, prosody
01/2006 | STUF Sprachtypologie und Universalienforschung, Akademie VerlagBuilding on Culpeper (1996) and Culpeper et al. (2003), I first propose a new definition of impoliteness and general revisions to my model of impoliteness, both derived from data analyses...
Keywords: Impoliteness, mimicry, politeness, prosody, quiz shows, sarcasm
01/2005 | Journal of Politeness Research. Language, Behaviour, Culture, Walter de Gruyter