Patterns of progression of sound changes in a variety of Portuguese in contact with Italian immigration languages in Southern Brazil

The study deals with variable phonetic traits of Brazilian Portuguese (BP) in contact with Italian immigration languages. It focuses on the realization of an alveolar tap (weak-r) in onset position where one would expect an alveolar trill (strong-r) or its fricative variants (glottal/velar fricative...

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Published in:	Journal of Portuguese Linguistics
Main Authors:	Bruna Silva dos Santos, Elisa Battisti
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Open Library of Humanities 2024-02-01
Subjects:	language contact Brazilian Portuguese Italian immigration languages phonological variables alveolar tap real-time sociolinguistic analysis
Online Access:	https://jpl.letras.ulisboa.pt/article/id/8924/