The use of prothetic /v/ by older speakers in Prague
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11210%2F15%3A10316256" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11210/15:10316256 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/psicl-2015-0009" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/psicl-2015-0009</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/psicl-2015-0009" target="_blank" >10.1515/psicl-2015-0009</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The use of prothetic /v/ by older speakers in Prague
Original language description
The aim of this paper is to analyze linguistic factors which influence the usage of prothetic /v/ in speech of older speakers in Prague. The analysis is based on informal 1 hour long interviews with 17 speakers (9 women, 8 men) from Prague aged between 60 and 71 years. All of the speakers were born in Prague and they lived there for most of their lives. Altogether, there are 2769 occurrences of the variable (v): 538 /phi/ and 2231 /v/. It can be seen that the speakers in the sample prefer using the prothetic /v/. Based on a generalized linear mixed model, we show that the use of (v) is influenced by word frequency, presence of a prefix and borrowedness of the word. Other variables do not fit in the model. If compared with older data by Jancak (1974) and the recent data on younger speakers from Prague by Chromy (2015), it can be seen that there is a change in progress in the use of (v) in Prague and that the prothetic /v/ seems to be on slow decline.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AI - Linguistics
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GP13-12973P" target="_blank" >GP13-12973P: Sociolinguistic analysis of the use of prothetic /v/ in Bohemia</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Poznan Studies In Contemporary Linguistics
ISSN
1897-7499
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
51
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
PL - POLAND
Number of pages
23
Pages from-to
203-225
UT code for WoS article
000358005300002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-84936138572