Synalepha and Syneresis in Modern Spanish

Espinosa, Aurelio M.

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“…The question of precisely how it is resolved in any given case has long been a topic of interest among linguists, from phoneticians and structuralists (e.g. Alarcos Llorach 1968, Barrutia & Schwegler 1994, Dalbor 1980, Espinosa 1924, 1930, Hammond 2001, Matluck 1951, 1995, Monroy Casas 1980, Navarro Tomás 1990, Stockwell & Bowen 1965and Quilis 1993 to those working within the various frameworks of generative phonology (e.g. Clements & Keyser 1983, Contreras 1969 Brought to you by | New York University Bobst Library Technical Services Authenticated Download Date | 6/11/15 12:05 PM 1978, De Haas 1987, D'Introno, Del Teso & Weston 1995, Harris 1969, Hualde 1994, Hutchinson 1974, Jenkins 1999, Martínez-Gil 2000, Núñez Cedeño & Morales-Front 1999, Roca 1991, Schane 1987.…”

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Ratio Frequency: Insights into Usage Effects on Phonological Structure from Hiatus Resolution in New Mexican Spanish

Alba

2008

Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics

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Mounting evidence shows that frequency of use plays a fundamental role in shaping linguistic structure, including phonological structure (cf. Bybee 2001). Because the study of frequency effects is relatively new, our understanding of how they impact structure continues to be refined. This study explores the effects of several frequency measures on the resolution of hiatus between words in Spanish, and reveals that in addition to the traditional phonological factors, frequency is also involved. Multivariate analyses show that ratio frequency -or the frequency of a two-word string relative to that of one of the words it contains -is a better indicator than straightforward token frequency of the likelihood that the string will be processed as an autonomous unit and undergo concurrent phonological reduction. These findings build on a usage-based model of language, providing important insights into the nature of lexical storage and how this relates to linguistic variation and change.

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Ratio Frequency: Insights into Usage Effects on Phonological Structure from Hiatus Resolution in New Mexican Spanish

Alba

2008

Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics

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“…A kutatásom egyik fókuszában szótagösszevonás (sinalefa) áll, mely a magánhangzókapcsolatok egyetlen szótagban való ejtését jelenti szóhatáron, Espinosa (1924) , 2014). A szakirodalom alapján a szótagösszevonás mind a félszigeti, mind pedig az amerikai nyelvváltozatokra jellemző (Hualde, 2020;Navarro, 1977, idézi Hualde, 2020.…”

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“…Fontos kiemelni, hogy a spanyol nyelvű szakirodalomban többféle meghatározással találkozhatunk attól függően, hogy a szótagredukció szó belsejében vagy szóhatáron, illetve azonos vagy különböző magánhangzókból álló hangkapcsolatokban jelenik meg (vö Espinosa 1924;Hualde 2020;Planas-Morales 2013)…”

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Szabó-Kovács

2023

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“…For the sake of simplicity, we are going to refer only to the fusion of two identical vowels as syllable contraction, following Espinosa's (1924) terminology.…”

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Syllabe Contraction in Spanish dialects and B2 level Hungarian leaners of Spanish

Kovács

2022

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In this study, we analyze the so-called “syllable contraction”, that is, the reduction of a sequence of two identical vowels to the duration of a single sound, across word boundaries. We investigate the phenomenon in the semi-spontaneous speech of speakers of the following dialects of Spanish: Madrilenian, Andalusian, Mexican and Rioplatense. Furthermore, we compare their results with the oral (also semi-spontaneous) production of B2 (CEFR) level Hungarian learners of Spanish. We raise the following research hypotheses: (i) syllable contraction is a common phenomenon in all of the four analyzed dialects; however, (ii) it does not appear (or only occasionally) in the speech of the Hungarian learners. For our analysis, we used fifty recordings (interviews) of ninety-nine minutes in total, and we examined them in the phonetic-acoustic software Praat. Our results support both of the hypotheses partially: (i) syllable contraction appears in all of the analyzed dialects, but only in less than half of the cases; (ii) although the phenomenon appears in the oral production of the Hungarian learners, we found only one example of syllable contraction in the Hungarian informants’ speech.

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Synalepha and Syneresis in Modern Spanish

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Ratio Frequency: Insights into Usage Effects on Phonological Structure from Hiatus Resolution in New Mexican Spanish

Ratio Frequency: Insights into Usage Effects on Phonological Structure from Hiatus Resolution in New Mexican Spanish

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Syllabe Contraction in Spanish dialects and B2 level Hungarian leaners of Spanish

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