On the social and linguistic implications of unstressed vowel weakening in Cochabambino Spanish

This article offers an analysis of the social and linguistic factors affecting unstressed vowel weakening (UVW) phenomena in a little studied Andean dialect, Cochabambino Spanish. This work is also the first analysis of Spanish UVW that relies on data collected through a read-aloud task.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sandro Sessarego
Format: Article
Language:Catalan
Published: Universitat de LLeida 2013-12-01
Series:Sintagma
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Online Access:http://www.sintagma.udl.cat/export/sites/Sintagma/documents/articles_25/sessarego.pdf