Phonetic characterization of the regional varieties of Spanish and a proposal for a simplified transcription

This paper identifies five phonetic characteristics (seseo, yeismo, /s/-aspiration, rehilamiento, and /x/-aspiration) whose presence or absence allows to distinguish among ten regional varieties in which the entire universe of Spanish speakers can be divided. We also show that, in order to phonetica...

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Published in:	Revista de Filología Románica
Main Author:	Germán Coloma
Format:	Article
Language:	Catalan
Published:	Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2012-01-01
Subjects:	características fonéticas variedades regionales del español fonemas controvertidos
Online Access:	http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/RFRM/article/view/37217