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Athens Journal of Philology, 2016
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
In Austrian Standard German (ASG), the vowels in the words Beeren and Bären are usually regarded ... more In Austrian Standard German (ASG), the vowels in the words Beeren and Bären are usually regarded to be merged. Some acoustic studies on ASG also suggest a merger between the vowels as in Miete and Mitte and even between the BEEREN/BÄREN merger and the MIETE vowel. This paper re-investigates these mergers from a sociolinguistic viewpoint and shows that older speakers tend to merge the vowels more than younger speakers. This points towards an ongoing dispersion (or 'unmerger') and we argue that this is a result of accommodation toward Standard German as it is pronounced in Germany.
Athens Journal of Philology, 2016
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
In Austrian Standard German (ASG), the vowels in the words Beeren and Bären are usually regarded ... more In Austrian Standard German (ASG), the vowels in the words Beeren and Bären are usually regarded to be merged. Some acoustic studies on ASG also suggest a merger between the vowels as in Miete and Mitte and even between the BEEREN/BÄREN merger and the MIETE vowel. This paper re-investigates these mergers from a sociolinguistic viewpoint and shows that older speakers tend to merge the vowels more than younger speakers. This points towards an ongoing dispersion (or 'unmerger') and we argue that this is a result of accommodation toward Standard German as it is pronounced in Germany.