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'''New Urban Sowaár''' is an emergent variety of Sowaár spoken by urban middle-class children and teens. | '''New Urban Sowaár''' is an emergent variety of Sowaár spoken by urban middle-class children and teens. It is characterized by: | ||
*a vocabulary and grammar that is a mixture of formal/standard Sowaár and informal/basilectal Sowaár, where formal Sowaár is used for high-register words and concepts | |||
*a non-posh accent | |||
==Origins== | ==Origins== | ||
Compared to other groups, urban women speakers of Sowaár speak somewhat more uniformly, in a less dialectal and somewhat more posh style of speech. Young women being the main drivers of linguistic change, a version of this "gynelect" is on its way to becoming a new, non-posh standard for Sowaár. | Compared to other groups, urban women speakers of Sowaár speak somewhat more uniformly, in a less dialectal and somewhat more posh style of speech. Young women being the main drivers of linguistic change, a version of this "gynelect" is on its way to becoming a new, non-posh standard for Sowaár. | ||
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*Plain unaspirated consonants become fully voiced. | *Plain unaspirated consonants become fully voiced. | ||
*'''dr tr tr' | *'''dr tr tr' ''' are affricate [d͡ʐ t͡ʂ t͡ʂ']. | ||
*'''dlr tlr tlr' | *'''dlr tlr tlr' łr''' become velar laterals '''gl kl kl' khl'''. | ||
*'''nr r''' are much less retroflex than in High Sowaár. | |||
*'''p''' may be pronounced [f]. | *'''p''' may be pronounced [f]. | ||
*'''w''' may be pronounced [v] or [ʋ]. | |||
*Stress accent rather than pitch accent (as in Modern Greek). | *Stress accent rather than pitch accent (as in Modern Greek). | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
Similar to High | Similar to High Sowaár | ||
===Ablaut=== | ===Ablaut=== | ||
New Urban | New Urban Sowaár has 40 ablaut classes, compared to High Sowaár's 57. | ||
===Discourse affixes=== | |||
Discourse affixes are used heavily, unlike in High Sowaár. | |||
==Vocabulary== | ==Vocabulary== | ||
[[Eevo]] loanwords are much more common in New Urban Sowaár than in High Sowaár. Many words of Eevo origin are pseudo-Eevoisms or clippings of Eevo words and phrases. High Sowaár used to prefer to borrow from [[Skellan/Accents# | [[Eevo]] loanwords are much more common in New Urban Sowaár than in High Sowaár. Many words of Eevo origin are pseudo-Eevoisms or clippings of Eevo words and phrases. High Sowaár used to prefer to borrow from [[Skellan/Accents#Alcvean|Skellan Eevo]], but today [[Skellan/Accents#General_Fyxoomian|Fyxoomian Eevo]] is the norm for new borrowings. | ||
Latest revision as of 14:03, 2 May 2023
New Urban Sowaár is an emergent variety of Sowaár spoken by urban middle-class children and teens. It is characterized by:
- a vocabulary and grammar that is a mixture of formal/standard Sowaár and informal/basilectal Sowaár, where formal Sowaár is used for high-register words and concepts
- a non-posh accent
Origins
Compared to other groups, urban women speakers of Sowaár speak somewhat more uniformly, in a less dialectal and somewhat more posh style of speech. Young women being the main drivers of linguistic change, a version of this "gynelect" is on its way to becoming a new, non-posh standard for Sowaár.
Phonology
The phonology is based on High Sowaár, with a few differences.
- Plain unaspirated consonants become fully voiced.
- dr tr tr' are affricate [d͡ʐ t͡ʂ t͡ʂ'].
- dlr tlr tlr' łr become velar laterals gl kl kl' khl.
- nr r are much less retroflex than in High Sowaár.
- p may be pronounced [f].
- w may be pronounced [v] or [ʋ].
- Stress accent rather than pitch accent (as in Modern Greek).
Morphology
Similar to High Sowaár
Ablaut
New Urban Sowaár has 40 ablaut classes, compared to High Sowaár's 57.
Discourse affixes
Discourse affixes are used heavily, unlike in High Sowaár.
Vocabulary
Eevo loanwords are much more common in New Urban Sowaár than in High Sowaár. Many words of Eevo origin are pseudo-Eevoisms or clippings of Eevo words and phrases. High Sowaár used to prefer to borrow from Skellan Eevo, but today Fyxoomian Eevo is the norm for new borrowings.