The phonetics of sociophonetics: Validating acoustic approaches to Spanish /s/

Gradoville, Michael; Brown, Earl Kjar; File-Muriel, Richard J.

doi:10.1016/j.wocn.2021.101125

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Phonetics, Phonology, and Usage‐Based Approaches

File-Muriel¹

2023

The Handbook of Usage‐Based Linguistics

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Phonetics, Phonology, and Usage‐Based Approaches

File-Muriel¹

2023

The Handbook of Usage‐Based Linguistics

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Perceptions of regional origin and social attributes of phonetic variants used in Iberian Spanish

Henriksen,

García-Amaya,

Fischer

et al. 2023

J. of Ling. Geography

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Sociodemographic information, such as a speaker’s regional origin, is intimately related to the judgments and social evaluations that listeners assign to that speaker. This association between linguistic form and social information can also lead to linguistic profiling, a harmful form of discrimination. The present study examines the geographic classifications and social attitudes attributed to ten phonetic variants used within regional varieties of Iberian (i.e., European) Spanish. We are specifically interested in understanding listeners’ geographical classifications and language attitudes held toward Andalusian Spanish, which is a less privileged regional variety spoken in Spain’s southern region, as compared to north-central Peninsular Spanish (NCPS). The results of an online survey show that 165 listeners were fairly consistent when geographically classifying Andalusian-sounding stimuli as originating from the south of Spain. Importantly, the respondents also attributed less favorable social meaning to the Andalusian-sounding stimuli in comparison to the NCPS-sounding stimuli. We link the findings to broader themes in sociolinguistics, such as language-based discrimination, linguistic insecurity, and the social motivations of language change.

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Voice onset time in Rma

Sims,

Jianqiong,

Adisiswoyo

2024

LTBA

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Rma (also called Qiang) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Northwestern Sichuan, China.1 In the literature on Rma, all documented varieties of Rma have been reported to have a three-way voice onset timing (VOT) distinction between voiceless unaspirated, voiceless aspirated, and voiced unaspirated obstruents. This study reports a variety of Rma, which has a near merger of the voiceless unaspirated and voiced unaspirated stops. A pilot study was conducted with speakers from three different villages within Yonghe valley. The results of this empirical study suggest that the Lower Yonghe valley variety has innovated a near merger between voiced and voiceless unaspirated obstruents.

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The phonetics of sociophonetics: Validating acoustic approaches to Spanish /s/

Cited by 3 publications

References 35 publications

Phonetics, Phonology, and Usage‐Based Approaches

Phonetics, Phonology, and Usage‐Based Approaches

Perceptions of regional origin and social attributes of phonetic variants used in Iberian Spanish

Voice onset time in Rma

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