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Publication details [#27547]
Sandoy, Helge. 1995. Sociolinguistic patterns in Bergen. International Journal of the Sociology of Language (115) : 109–124.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
ISBN
0165-2516
Journal WWW
Annotation
This paper shows that sociolinguistic contrasts in the Bergen urban dialect are diminishing. This confirms a more general Norwegian town-tendency towards homogeneity. It is suggested that youngsters today rather emphasize loyalty towards local than to social groups.