An Acoustic and Perceptual Analysis of Vowels Preceding Final /-s/ Deletion in the Speech of Granada, Spain and Cartagena, Colombia

Abstract: This study sets out to verify the claim that the tense-lax alternation undergone by vowels preceding deletion of post-nuclear /s/ in Eastern Andalusian Spanish may serve as a functional marker when distinguishing singular from plural in nouns rendered homophonous by the deletion of final /...

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Autor principal:	Rincón,Miguel A.
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Departamento de Lingüística 2018
Materias:	vowel alternation vowel centralization open vowel allophones vowel space
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-930320180001002172018-08-30An Acoustic and Perceptual Analysis of Vowels Preceding Final /-s/ Deletion in the Speech of Granada, Spain and Cartagena, ColombiaRincón,Miguel A. vowel alternation vowel centralization open vowel allophones vowel space Abstract: This study sets out to verify the claim that the tense-lax alternation undergone by vowels preceding deletion of post-nuclear /s/ in Eastern Andalusian Spanish may serve as a functional marker when distinguishing singular from plural in nouns rendered homophonous by the deletion of final /-s/, e.g. calle [ˈka.je] ‘street’ vs. calles [ˈka.jɛØ] ‘streets.’ Samples from Granada Spanish speakers revealed a significant opening for the vowels with deleted final /-s/. In a subsequent speech perception test, speakers were prompted with stimuli and determine whether they heard the singular form calle [ˈka.je] with the closed allophone or the plural form calles [ˈka.jɛØ] with the open allophone. Results reveal that, despite the significant vocalic alternation, participants were unable to consistently identify between singular and plural forms based solely on the open and closed allophonic contrast. With the purpose of establishing a cross dialectal comparison, both the vowel analysis and perception test were replicated with native speakers of Cartagena, Colombia, and similar results were obtained.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad de Chile. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Departamento de LingüísticaBoletín de filología v.53 n.1 20182018-06-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-93032018000100217en10.4067/S0718-93032018000100217
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spellingShingle	vowel alternation vowel centralization open vowel allophones vowel space Rincón,Miguel A. An Acoustic and Perceptual Analysis of Vowels Preceding Final /-s/ Deletion in the Speech of Granada, Spain and Cartagena, Colombia
description	Abstract: This study sets out to verify the claim that the tense-lax alternation undergone by vowels preceding deletion of post-nuclear /s/ in Eastern Andalusian Spanish may serve as a functional marker when distinguishing singular from plural in nouns rendered homophonous by the deletion of final /-s/, e.g. calle [ˈka.je] ‘street’ vs. calles [ˈka.jɛØ] ‘streets.’ Samples from Granada Spanish speakers revealed a significant opening for the vowels with deleted final /-s/. In a subsequent speech perception test, speakers were prompted with stimuli and determine whether they heard the singular form calle [ˈka.je] with the closed allophone or the plural form calles [ˈka.jɛØ] with the open allophone. Results reveal that, despite the significant vocalic alternation, participants were unable to consistently identify between singular and plural forms based solely on the open and closed allophonic contrast. With the purpose of establishing a cross dialectal comparison, both the vowel analysis and perception test were replicated with native speakers of Cartagena, Colombia, and similar results were obtained.
author	Rincón,Miguel A.
author_facet	Rincón,Miguel A.
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title	An Acoustic and Perceptual Analysis of Vowels Preceding Final /-s/ Deletion in the Speech of Granada, Spain and Cartagena, Colombia
title_short	An Acoustic and Perceptual Analysis of Vowels Preceding Final /-s/ Deletion in the Speech of Granada, Spain and Cartagena, Colombia
title_full	An Acoustic and Perceptual Analysis of Vowels Preceding Final /-s/ Deletion in the Speech of Granada, Spain and Cartagena, Colombia
title_fullStr	An Acoustic and Perceptual Analysis of Vowels Preceding Final /-s/ Deletion in the Speech of Granada, Spain and Cartagena, Colombia
title_full_unstemmed	An Acoustic and Perceptual Analysis of Vowels Preceding Final /-s/ Deletion in the Speech of Granada, Spain and Cartagena, Colombia
title_sort	acoustic and perceptual analysis of vowels preceding final /-s/ deletion in the speech of granada, spain and cartagena, colombia
publisher	Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Departamento de Lingüística
publishDate	2018
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An Acoustic and Perceptual Analysis of Vowels Preceding Final /-s/ Deletion in the Speech of Granada, Spain and Cartagena, Colombia

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