Publications
Publication details [#55185]
Smith, Jennifer and Mercedes Durham. 2011. A tipping point in dialect obsolescence? Change across the generations in Lerwick, Shetland. Journal of Sociolinguistics 15 (2) : 197–225. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Journal WWW
Annotation
Drawing on quantitative research on variable forms across three generations of Lerwick speakers, this paper discusses how the distinctive English dialect of the Shetland Islands is quickly fading out, as younger generations substitute local forms for more standard variants.