VELARIZATION OF LABIAL, CODA STOPS IN SPANISH: A FREQUENCY ACCOUNT

In several varieties of spoken Spanish, word-medial, labial stops are articulated as velar stops (pepsi > Pe[k]si). This work summarizes some previous attempts to explain this abrupt sound substitution. Then, building upon advances in phonotactic theory (e.g., Pierrehumbert, 1994) and patterns em...

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Autor principal: BROWN,ESTHER L
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Publicado: Universidad de Concepción. Facultad de Humanidades y Arte 2006
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-488320060002000042007-10-10VELARIZATION OF LABIAL, CODA STOPS IN SPANISH: A FREQUENCY ACCOUNTBROWN,ESTHER L Stops Spanish velarization frequency schemas In several varieties of spoken Spanish, word-medial, labial stops are articulated as velar stops (pepsi > Pe[k]si). This work summarizes some previous attempts to explain this abrupt sound substitution. Then, building upon advances in phonotactic theory (e.g., Pierrehumbert, 1994) and patterns emergent from lexical representations (Bybee, 2001), this work presents a new theoretical perspective from which to examine the p > k phenomenon. Syllable-final, word-medial, velar stops (/g, k/) have a significantly higher token and type frequency than syllable-final, word-medial labial stops (/b, p/) in Spanish. As a result, the schema [..C VELAR$C..], and not [..C LABIAL$C..], emerges as a stronger, more productive schema, promoting the abrupt sound substitution LABIAL > VELAR.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad de Concepción. Facultad de Humanidades y ArteRLA. Revista de lingüística teórica y aplicada v.44 n.2 20062006-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-48832006000200004en10.4067/S0718-48832006000200004
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language English
topic Stops
Spanish
velarization
frequency
schemas
spellingShingle Stops
Spanish
velarization
frequency
schemas
BROWN,ESTHER L
VELARIZATION OF LABIAL, CODA STOPS IN SPANISH: A FREQUENCY ACCOUNT
description In several varieties of spoken Spanish, word-medial, labial stops are articulated as velar stops (pepsi > Pe[k]si). This work summarizes some previous attempts to explain this abrupt sound substitution. Then, building upon advances in phonotactic theory (e.g., Pierrehumbert, 1994) and patterns emergent from lexical representations (Bybee, 2001), this work presents a new theoretical perspective from which to examine the p > k phenomenon. Syllable-final, word-medial, velar stops (/g, k/) have a significantly higher token and type frequency than syllable-final, word-medial labial stops (/b, p/) in Spanish. As a result, the schema [..C VELAR$C..], and not [..C LABIAL$C..], emerges as a stronger, more productive schema, promoting the abrupt sound substitution LABIAL > VELAR.
author BROWN,ESTHER L
author_facet BROWN,ESTHER L
author_sort BROWN,ESTHER L
title VELARIZATION OF LABIAL, CODA STOPS IN SPANISH: A FREQUENCY ACCOUNT
title_short VELARIZATION OF LABIAL, CODA STOPS IN SPANISH: A FREQUENCY ACCOUNT
title_full VELARIZATION OF LABIAL, CODA STOPS IN SPANISH: A FREQUENCY ACCOUNT
title_fullStr VELARIZATION OF LABIAL, CODA STOPS IN SPANISH: A FREQUENCY ACCOUNT
title_full_unstemmed VELARIZATION OF LABIAL, CODA STOPS IN SPANISH: A FREQUENCY ACCOUNT
title_sort velarization of labial, coda stops in spanish: a frequency account
publisher Universidad de Concepción. Facultad de Humanidades y Arte
publishDate 2006
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