Re: [tied] Question about stress and pitch accent in Swedish dialec

From: Harald Hammarstrom
Message: 14293
Date: 2002-08-11

> Does anybody know which Swedish dialect has pitch (tonal)
> accent more expressed than other Swedish dialects, and
> what is special characteristic of Dal dialect in comparison
> to other dialects?

I am native speaker but I don't know the answer to your questions.
AFAIK no dialect has the pitch accent "more expressed" than others,
although some dialects have accents on various kinds of words
(like in the north) different from in the south and some dialects
lack the distinction alltogether (like Finnish-Swedish).

best wishes

Harald