Vowel Raising Without a Trigger: pretonic mid-vowels in the Northwest of São Paulo State

This paper investigates the variable phonetic and phonological phenomenon of vowel raising of pretonic mid-vowels in medial context in the variety spoken in the Northwest of São Paulo State, e.g. m[i]lhor (‘better’/‘best’) and c[u]lega (‘mate’). This work focuses on vowel raising without a trigge...

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Main Authors: Márcia Cristina do CARMO, Valeska Gracioso CARLOS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Londrina 2019-08-01
Series:Signum: Estudos da Linguagem
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Online Access:http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/signum/article/view/37298/27477