Previous studies of language contact in multilingual urban neighborhoods in Europe claim the emergence of new varieties spoken by immigrant-background youth. This paper examines the sociolinguistic conditioning of variation in allophones of Swedish /ε:/ of young people of immigrant and nonimmigrant background in Stockholm and Gothenburg. Although speaker background and sex condition the variation, their effects differ in each city. In Stockholm there are no significant social differences and the allophonic difference appears to have been neutralized. Gothenburg speakers are divided into three groups, based on speaker origin and sex, each of which orients toward different norms. Our conclusions appeal to dialectal diffusion and the desire to mark ethnic identity in a diverse sociolinguistic context. These results demonstrate that not only language contact but also dialect change should be considered together when investigating language variation in modern-day cities.

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两个城市（和一个元音）的故事：瑞典语的社会语言学变体

先前对欧洲多语种城市社区语言接触的研究声称出现了移民背景青年所说的新品种。本文研究了斯德哥尔摩和哥德堡移民和非移民背景的年轻人的瑞典语 /ε:/ 同位异音变体的社会语言条件。尽管说话者的背景和性别决定了这种变化，但它们的影响在每个城市都不同。在斯德哥尔摩，没有显着的社会差异，同位异音差异似乎已被中和。哥德堡演讲者根据演讲者的出身和性别分为三组，每组都面向不同的规范。我们的结论呼吁方言传播和在多样化的社会语言背景下标记种族身份的愿望。