A preliminary analysis of intonation patterns in Ecuadorian Cuencano Spanish

El Cantado Cuencano “Cuencano singing” constitutes the hallmark of Cuencano Spanish: a widely spoken Andean dialect in the Ecuadorian province of Azuay. This colloquially described “singing” makes Cuencano Spanish one of the most distinct dialects of Ecuador. The aim of the present study is to provi...

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Autores principales:	Portocarrero Alex, Stewart Jesse
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Publicado:	De Gruyter 2021
Materias:	ecuador azuay cuenca intonation tobi sp_tobi autosegmental metrical acoustic phonetics Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b88b853bc6a1476d9c2f32ff2d9da53e2021-12-05T14:11:00ZA preliminary analysis of intonation patterns in Ecuadorian Cuencano Spanish2300-996910.1515/opli-2020-0169https://doaj.org/article/b88b853bc6a1476d9c2f32ff2d9da53e2021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1515/opli-2020-0169https://doaj.org/toc/2300-9969El Cantado Cuencano “Cuencano singing” constitutes the hallmark of Cuencano Spanish: a widely spoken Andean dialect in the Ecuadorian province of Azuay. This colloquially described “singing” makes Cuencano Spanish one of the most distinct dialects of Ecuador. The aim of the present study is to provide a preliminary analysis of intonation patterns from common utterance types in this under documented dialect. A sample of 550 utterances from 11 categories that included declarative statements, yes/no questions, exclamative statements, wh-questions, imperatives, lists, conditionals, tag-questions, interjections, negative statements, and vocatives was collected from five male and five female participants. The tokens were analyzed acoustically and labeled using the Spanish Tones and Break Indices system (Sp_ToBI). Results reveal the presence of a tritonal pitch accent (PA), labeled as L + H* + L and the extensive use of bitonal PAs (namely, L + H*). These three phenomena mark the singing quality of Cuencano Spanish and make it stand out from the dialects of Ecuadorian Spanish.Portocarrero AlexStewart JesseDe Gruyterarticleecuadorazuaycuencaintonationtobisp_tobiautosegmental metricalacoustic phoneticsPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENOpen Linguistics, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 448-475 (2021)
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spellingShingle	ecuador azuay cuenca intonation tobi sp_tobi autosegmental metrical acoustic phonetics Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 Portocarrero Alex Stewart Jesse A preliminary analysis of intonation patterns in Ecuadorian Cuencano Spanish
description	El Cantado Cuencano “Cuencano singing” constitutes the hallmark of Cuencano Spanish: a widely spoken Andean dialect in the Ecuadorian province of Azuay. This colloquially described “singing” makes Cuencano Spanish one of the most distinct dialects of Ecuador. The aim of the present study is to provide a preliminary analysis of intonation patterns from common utterance types in this under documented dialect. A sample of 550 utterances from 11 categories that included declarative statements, yes/no questions, exclamative statements, wh-questions, imperatives, lists, conditionals, tag-questions, interjections, negative statements, and vocatives was collected from five male and five female participants. The tokens were analyzed acoustically and labeled using the Spanish Tones and Break Indices system (Sp_ToBI). Results reveal the presence of a tritonal pitch accent (PA), labeled as L + H* + L and the extensive use of bitonal PAs (namely, L + H*). These three phenomena mark the singing quality of Cuencano Spanish and make it stand out from the dialects of Ecuadorian Spanish.
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title	A preliminary analysis of intonation patterns in Ecuadorian Cuencano Spanish
title_short	A preliminary analysis of intonation patterns in Ecuadorian Cuencano Spanish
title_full	A preliminary analysis of intonation patterns in Ecuadorian Cuencano Spanish
title_fullStr	A preliminary analysis of intonation patterns in Ecuadorian Cuencano Spanish
title_full_unstemmed	A preliminary analysis of intonation patterns in Ecuadorian Cuencano Spanish
title_sort	preliminary analysis of intonation patterns in ecuadorian cuencano spanish
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A preliminary analysis of intonation patterns in Ecuadorian Cuencano Spanish

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