Draft:Viby-i
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The Viby-i (or Lidingö-i[1][2] or, more rarely, Göteborgs-i [3][4]) is a phonetic feature in certain dialects of the Swedish language described as a “muted”[3][5] or “buzzing”[3][5][6] [i] sound. The same articulatory characteristics are also found in the sound written as ⟨y⟩, which is named Viby-y accordingly.[6] While in most Swedish dialects, this particular pronunciation only affects long vowels, in some dialects it occurs in short vowels as well.[7]
The name originates from the Socken of Viby in the province of Närke, although the phenomenon is found in a number of other dialects.
Occurrence
[edit]The Viby-i occurs in the following Swedish dialects:
- Bohuslän: southern parts[6] and on the islands of Orust och Tjörn[8]
- Dalsland: eastern parts to the south of Mellerud in Sundals härad and southern parts of Nordals härad[9]
- Halland: regions around Halmstad[8]
- Hälsingland: Ovanåkers socken[8]
- Medelpad: Lidens socken and in the valley of Indalsälvens around Sundsvall[6]
- Närke: Viby socken, Hardemo socken, Kräcklinge socken[10], Tångeråsa socken, Knista socken[11], Askers socken[12] and Mellösa socken[8]
- Småland: in Torsås socken in the southernmost Kalmar län[8]
- Värmland: in Norra Ny socken in northern Klarälvdalen[6]
- Östergötland: in the eastern part of Vikbolandet peninsula between Bråviken and Slätbaken, as well as in the eastern part of Finspånga läns härad[8]
Besides the regions mentioned above, the Viby-i (and Viby-y) is found in contemporary city dialects of Göteborg since the early 1900s[13][14], dialects of Stockholm since at least the 1950s,[15] and later also in Uppsala, and it has spread to eastern central Sweden.[16]
In popular culture
[edit]The Viby-i has been noted by internet users to resemble the speech of cartoon character Stitch,[17] particularly on the online video platform TikTok.[18][19]
References
[edit]- ^ Kotsinas 1994, p. 109
- ^ Björsten & Engstrand 1999, p. 1957
- ^ a b c Gjerdman 1916, p. 20
- ^ Björseth 1958, p. 6
- ^ a b Holmberg 1949, p. 1
- ^ a b c d e Elert 1995, p. 12
- ^ Westerberg 2020, p. 70
- ^ a b c d e f Noreen 1903, p. 495
- ^ Lundell 1878, p. 81f
- ^ Engstrand et al. 1998
- ^ Fridell 2012, p. 8
- ^ Borgström 1913
- ^ Gjerdman 1916, p. 16
- ^ Björseth 1958, p. 7f
- ^ Westerberg 2020, p. 71f
- ^ Westerberg 2020, p. i, 226
- ^ https://www.reddit.com/r/asklinguistics/comments/1g6fcwd/why_do_swedes_sometimes_use_pronounce_words_like/
- ^ https://www.tiktok.com/@dolifewithclara/video/7331878138978323744
- ^ https://www.tiktok.com/@linguisticdiscovery/video/7334548000729091371