Sociolinguistic patterns of Andalusian Spanish

Ponsoda, Juan Andrés Villena

doi:10.1515/ijsl.2008.052

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“…For Andalusian Spanish, /s/-lenition is very common (Moya Corral, 1979;Carbonero Cano, 1982;Villena Ponsoda, 2008) and is presumed -as inferred from transcriber errors -to have existed since at least the 16 th century (Lapesa, 1986; for a review see Romero, 1995b). In Western Andalusian Spanish (WAS), numerous variants of /sp, st, sk/ are possible including with pre-aspiration or breathy voicing, with closure lengthening, and with post-aspiration (Torreira 2007a(Torreira , 2007b(Torreira , 2012O'Neill, 2010;Parrell, 2012).…”

Section: South American Varieties Such As Chilean and Argentinian Spamentioning

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Synchronic and diachronic factors in the change from pre-aspiration to post-aspiration in Andalusian Spanish

Ruch

Harrington

2014

Journal of Phonetics

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The study is concerned with the mechanisms by which pre-and post-aspiration are related synchronically and diachronically in Andalusian Spanish. An analysis of isolated word productions by 24 speakers of a Western Andalusian and by 24 of an Eastern Andalusian variety each divided into two age groups provided evidence for a sound change in progress: younger speakers and those of the Western Andalusian variety were more likely to produce /st/ with a shorter pre-aspiration and with a longer postaspiration phase than their older and Eastern Andalusian counterparts. The results of further betweengroup duration analyses show that the sound change cannot be entirely explained by a realignment from an anti-phase to an in-phase timing relationship between the closure and glottal opening; they also provide evidence for the development of a trading relationship between the duration of the closure and the duration of post-aspiration. In order to test whether perceptual factors might have contributed to this sound change, a perception experiment was carried out. Listeners of Argentinian Spanish judged stimuli of a minimal pair pasta-pata with variable pre-aspiration duration in a forced-choice perception test. When the continuum was synthesized with a slightly post-aspirated stop release, listeners were more inclined to perceive pasta, which suggests that post-aspiration is parsed with pre-aspiration and serves as a cue for the underlying /st/ even in a non-post-aspirating variety of Spanish. AbstractThe study is concerned with the mechanisms by which pre-and post-aspiration are

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Section: South American Varieties Such As Chilean and Argentinian Spamentioning

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Synchronic and diachronic factors in the change from pre-aspiration to post-aspiration in Andalusian Spanish

Ruch

Harrington

2014

Journal of Phonetics

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“…In Andalusian Spanish -spoken in the southern part of Spain -syllable-final /s/ is generally weakened even in formal speech situations (Carbonero Cano, 1982;Villena Ponsoda, 2008). /s/-lenition can therefore be considered as a completed sound change in this variety.…”

Section: /S/ + Voiceless Stop Sequences In Andalusian Spanishmentioning

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On the Origin of Post-Aspirated Stops: Production and Perception of /s/ + Voiceless Stop Sequences in Andalusian Spanish

Ruch

Peters²

2016

Laboratory Phonology

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The present study investigates the role of articulatory and perceptual factors in the change from pre-to post-aspiration in two varieties of Andalusian Spanish. In an acoustic study, the influence of stop type, speaker age, and variety on the production of pre-and post-aspiration was analyzed in isolated words produced by 24 speakers of a Western and 24 of an Eastern variety, both divided into two age groups. The results confirmed previous findings of a sound change from pre-to post-aspiration in both varieties. Velar stops showed the longest, bilabials the shortest, and dental stops intermediate pre-and post-aspiration durations. The observed universal VOTpattern was not found for younger Western Andalusian speakers who showed a particularly long VOT in /st/-sequences. A perception experiment with the same subjects as listeners showed that post-aspiration was used as a cue for distinguishing the minimal pair /pata/-/pasta/ by almost all listeners. Production-perception comparisons suggested a relationship between production and perception: subjects who produced long post-aspiration were also more sensitive to this cue. In sum, the results suggest that the sound change has first been actuated in the dental context, possibly due to a higher perceptual prominence of post-aspiration in this context, and that post-aspirated stops in Andalusian Spanish are on their way to being phonologized.

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“…4 According to Villena-Ponsoda (2008) and carbonero cano (2003), this supposed regional standard would be based mainly on the seseante pronunciation of /s/ and /θ/ 5 and causes both a reduction of the influence of a Spanish national standard, that is to say the distinction between /s/ and /θ/, and the rejection of allegedly discredited phenomena of western Andalusian varieties, 6 especially ceceo, in the western urban centers. Just the opposite is demonstrated by another socio-philosophical study on the speech community of Jerez.…”

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“…It is a realization of the phoneme /s/ that resulted from the restructuring of the complex Spanish medieval sibilants. 4 In different works, Villena Ponsoda (2008Ponsoda ( , 2012 and Hernández-campoy and Villena-Ponsoda (2009) apply the term diaglossia (Auer & Hinskens, 1996) to the Andalusian variety continuum. critical comments on the Andalusian version of the scheme are in Harjus (2018).…”

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“…critical comments on the Andalusian version of the scheme are in Harjus (2018). 5 According to Villena-Ponsoda (2008), the Sevillian norm is based not only on seseo, but also on the phonic features of the fricativization [ʃ] of the Spanish affricate /t͡ ʃ/, of the aspiration of the /x/ and of the weakening of the implosive /s/ (pp. 157-158).…”

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Perceptual variety linguistics: <em>Jerezano</em> speakers’ concepts and perceptions of phonetic variation in western Andalusian Spanish

Harjus

2018

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This article deals with the metalinguistic knowledge of Jerezano speakers about the phonetic variation within the Andalusian dialectal continuum, applying the perceptual variety linguistics. In particular, we investigate the metalinguistic knowledge about a possible phonic norm in western Andalusia that presumably diverges from the national standard of Peninsular Spanish. Methodologically, we distinguish between representations based on concrete perceptions and metalinguistic representations, in order to know if there are divergences between permanent metalinguistic knowledge and knowledge based on direct perceptions: both results show a clear division between a ceceante (Jerez and rural western Andalusia) and another seseante zone (the capital of Seville and the other provincial capitals of western Andalusia). consequently, the speakers themselves believe in the non-existence of a Sevillian norm based on seseo for the community of speech analyzed. This metalinguistic knowledge strengthens more recent socio-phonic data on the speech community of Jerez. Therefore, the successful combination of the perspectives of linguists and the speakers themselves constitutes a very promising methodological triangulation for the phonetic-phonological research of the Hispanic varieties in general.Keywords: perceptual variety linguistics; mental representations; perceptual phonetics; salience; Andalusian dialectology. RESUMEN: Lingüística perceptiva de la variación:Los conceptos y las percepciones de los hablantes jerezanos de la variación fonética en el andaluz occidental.-Este artículo trata del saber metalingüístico de hablantes jerezanos acerca de la variación fónica dentro del continuo dialectal andaluz, aplicando la lingüística perceptiva de la variación. En particular, se investiga el saber metalingüístico acerca de una posible norma fónica del andaluz occidental que presuntamente diverge del estándar nacional del español peninsular. Metodológicamente, se distingue entre representaciones basadas en percepciones concretas y representaciones metalingüísticas abstractas, con el fin de saber si existen divergencias entre el saber metalingüístico permanente y el saber basado en percepciones directas: ambos resultados demuestran una clara división entre un ámbito ceceante (Jerez y Andalucía occidental rural) y otro seseante (Sevilla capital y las otras capitales de provincia de Andalucía occidental). Por consiguiente, los propios hablantes creen en la inexistencia de una norma sevillana basada en el seseo para la comunidad de habla analizada. Este saber metalingüístico fortalece datos socio-fónicos más recientes sobre el habla de Jerez. Por lo tanto, la fructífera combinación de las perspectivas de lingüistas y de los propios hablantes constituye una triangulación metodológica muy prometedora para la investigación fonético-fonológica de las variedades hispánicas en general.Palabras clave: lingüística perceptiva de la variación; representaciones mentales; percepción fonética; saliencia; dialectología andaluza.

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Sociolinguistic patterns of Andalusian Spanish

Cited by 42 publications

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Synchronic and diachronic factors in the change from pre-aspiration to post-aspiration in Andalusian Spanish

Synchronic and diachronic factors in the change from pre-aspiration to post-aspiration in Andalusian Spanish

On the Origin of Post-Aspirated Stops: Production and Perception of /s/ + Voiceless Stop Sequences in Andalusian Spanish

Perceptual variety linguistics: <em>Jerezano</em> speakers’ concepts and perceptions of phonetic variation in western Andalusian Spanish

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