Language change caught in the act: A case study of t-deletion in Frisian relative pronouns

J.E. Dijkstra; W.J. Heeringa; E. Yilmaz; H. van den Heuvel; D. van Leeuwen; Hans Van de Velde

doi:10.1075/silv.22.05dij

Language change caught in the act: A case study of t-deletion in Frisian relative pronouns

J.E. Dijkstra, W.J. Heeringa, E. Yilmaz, H. van den Heuvel, D. van Leeuwen, Hans Van de Velde

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Abstract

This study investigates t-deletion in Frisian relative pronouns in a corpus of Frisian radio broadcasts (1966-2015), collected for training and testing a bilingual Dutch-Frisian speech recognition system. This corpus is not constructed to study language variation and change, and its limitations for that type of study will be discussed. The analyses show that until the 1970s the younger generation lead the rise of clitic /t/ in these relative pronouns, a change that was first observed at the end of the 19th century. From the 1980s onwards they reverse this change and start leading deletion of that clitic /t/. Additionally, t-deletion occurs most in non-scripted, spontaneous speech. It does not seem to play a role whether the speaker is a presenter or an interviewee/guest.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Language Variation- European Perspectives VII: Selected papers from the Ninth International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE 9)
Editors	J.A. Villena-Ponsoda, F. Díaz-Montesinos, A.M. Ávila-Muñoz, M. Vida-Castro
Publisher	John Benjamins Publishing
Pages	86-101
ISBN (Print)	9789027204172
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1075/silv.22.05dij
Publication status	Published - 2019

Publication series

Name	Studies in Language Variation
Volume	22

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Dijkstra, J. E., Heeringa, W. J., Yilmaz, E., van den Heuvel, H., van Leeuwen, D., & Van de Velde, H. (2019). Language change caught in the act: A case study of t-deletion in Frisian relative pronouns. In J. A. Villena-Ponsoda, F. Díaz-Montesinos, A. M. Ávila-Muñoz, & M. Vida-Castro (Eds.), Language Variation- European Perspectives VII: Selected papers from the Ninth International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE 9) (pp. 86-101). (Studies in Language Variation; Vol. 22). John Benjamins Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1075/silv.22.05dij

Dijkstra, J.E. ; Heeringa, W.J. ; Yilmaz, E. ; van den Heuvel, H. ; van Leeuwen, D. ; Van de Velde, Hans. / Language change caught in the act : A case study of t-deletion in Frisian relative pronouns. Language Variation- European Perspectives VII: Selected papers from the Ninth International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE 9). editor / J.A. Villena-Ponsoda ; F. Díaz-Montesinos ; A.M. Ávila-Muñoz ; M. Vida-Castro . John Benjamins Publishing, 2019. pp. 86-101 (Studies in Language Variation).

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Dijkstra, JE , Heeringa, WJ, Yilmaz, E, van den Heuvel, H, van Leeuwen, D & Van de Velde, H 2019, Language change caught in the act: A case study of t-deletion in Frisian relative pronouns. in JA Villena-Ponsoda, F Díaz-Montesinos, AM Ávila-Muñoz & M Vida-Castro (eds), Language Variation- European Perspectives VII: Selected papers from the Ninth International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE 9). Studies in Language Variation, vol. 22, John Benjamins Publishing, pp. 86-101. https://doi.org/10.1075/silv.22.05dij

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Dijkstra JE , Heeringa WJ, Yilmaz E, van den Heuvel H, van Leeuwen D, Van de Velde H. Language change caught in the act: A case study of t-deletion in Frisian relative pronouns. In Villena-Ponsoda JA, Díaz-Montesinos F, Ávila-Muñoz AM, Vida-Castro M, editors, Language Variation- European Perspectives VII: Selected papers from the Ninth International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE 9). John Benjamins Publishing. 2019. p. 86-101. (Studies in Language Variation). https://doi.org/10.1075/silv.22.05dij