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Vocalic variation
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Barajas, Jennifer |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Description | Although the vocalic system in Spanish is typically described as stable, there is increasing evidence for dialectal vowel variation. Variable vowel raising occurs in rural Michoacán Spanish, involving the mid vowels, /e/ and /o/, in unstressed post-tonic positions and their variable realizations as [e, i] or [o, u], respectively. For example, the word grande ('big') may be pronounced either as [ɡɾan̪de] (non-raised) or [ɡɾan̪di] (raised). In this chapter, I discuss a sociophonetic study of vocalic variation using both acoustic information about the formant values of the relevant vowels and the influence of different linguistic and social factors on this phenomenon. By taking into account both the phonological behavior and the social factors that play a role in vowel raising, I offer a more complete description of this vocalic process in Michoacán. Furthermore, this research adds to and complements the growing field of the study of atonic vocalic variation. Book Name: The Routledge Handbook of Variationist Approaches to Spanish |
| Related Links | https://api.taylorfrancis.com/content/chapters/edit/download?identifierName=doi&identifierValue=10.4324/9780429200267-3&type=chapterpdf |
| DOI | 10.4324/9780429200267-3 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2021-09-02 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: The Routledge Handbook of Variationist Approaches To Spanish Michoacán Vowel Raising Spanish Vocalic Variation Behavior |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
