Rhotic realizations of the Puerto Rican community in Western Massachusetts and Puerto Rico

Arias, Alba

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“…However, this work does not consider situations in which speakers variably produce the alveolar trill based on the number of occlusions present during lingual trilling, a gap which was addressed in the present study. One important contribution of our findings is that the sociophonetic variation found in the production of /r/ need not be limited to differences in place of articulation (alveolar versus velar, see Arias, 2019;Delgado-Díaz & Galarza, 2015) or manner of articulation (fricative versus trill, see Colantoni, 2006aColantoni, , 2006b). As we have demonstrated, the envelope of variation can likewise involve the number of lingual constrictions present in the trilling gesture.…”

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“…The aim of this study was to elucidate the ways in which the “hyper-variation” (Scobbie, 2006, p. 338) present in rhotic consonants can reflect and reinforce social and linguistic differences in a speech community. Concerning the voiced alveolar trill /r/, between-speaker variation in many languages begets social groups that favor canonical variants (i.e., containing multiple lingual constrictions), while other groups favor rhotic variants involving distinct places or manners of articulation (Arias, 2019; Kaland et al, 2019; Ribbens-Klein, 2016; Sebregts, 2014; Wiese, 2003). The main contribution of our study is that speakers of canonical-trill varieties of Spanish display meaningful variation of the /r/ phoneme with regard to the number of lingual constrictions inferred from the acoustic output.…”

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“…In canonical varieties, the apical trill involving two or more occlusions—for which we employ the term “canonical trill”—is the most common realization and is likely the articulatory target that speakers employ even in instances of incomplete trilling that result in no lingual contacts or a single lingual contact. 2 In non-canonical varieties, by contrast, speakers typically produce the /r/ phoneme with variants that deviate in their place and/or manner of articulation with respect to the voiced alveolar trill (e.g., Arias, 2019; Colantoni, 2006a, 2006b; Willis, 2007). Hualde (2005, pp.…”

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Sociophonetic Investigation of the Spanish Alveolar Trill /r/ in Two Canonical-Trill Varieties

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The “hyper-variation” present in rhotic sounds makes them particularly apt for sociophonetic research. This paper investigates the variable realization of the voiced alveolar-trill phoneme /r/ through an acoustic analysis of unscripted speech produced by 80 speakers of Spanish. Although the most common phonetic variant of /r/ contained two lingual constrictions, we find substantial inter-speaker variation in our data, ranging from zero to five lingual contacts. The results demonstrate that the variation in Spanish results from a systematic interaction of factors, deriving from well-documented processes of consonantal lenition (e.g., weakening in unstressed syllables) in addition to processes inherent to the trill’s articulation (e.g., high-vowel antagonism). Importantly, speaker sex displayed the strongest effect among all the predictors, which leads us to consider the role of sociolinguistic factors, in addition to possible biomechanical differences, on /r/ production. We contextualize the findings within a literature that theorizes rhotic consonants as a single class of sounds despite remarkable patterns of cross-language and speaker-specific variation.

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Transmigrant identities and attitudes: the case of a Pangasinan-American family

Bernardo-Hinesley,

Arias Álvarez

2024

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Identity plays a crucial role in determining whether diasporic minority communities either integrate into the host country or resist acculturation and assimilation. Since identity is performed and negotiated through discourse, the study of connections between identity and language practices of migrant groups is crucial in understanding how language is used to express their multilayered identities. Using sociolinguistic interviews as the primary data source, this research analyzes how three generations of a Pangasinan-American family negotiate their complex identities and express their attitudes towards English, Filipino, and Pangasinan. Findings show that their Pangasinan-American identity is performed through translingual practices, which enable the portrayal of their membership to their home community and their integration into the host society. Each participant situates their Pangasinan identity in relation to their other identities – Filipino and American – which emerge in the diasporic context. This study contributes to the research on the role of language in the development of community membership and allegiances of bi-/multilingual transmigrants.

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Rhotic realizations of the Puerto Rican community in Western Massachusetts and Puerto Rico

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Sociophonetic Investigation of the Spanish Alveolar Trill /r/ in Two Canonical-Trill Varieties

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