Chapter 14. No es tan simple como parece
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Fernando Melero-García
Abstract
This study analyzes the effect of duration on the perception of Spanish /ɾ/ and /r/. A total of 143 participants completed a questionnaire with 183 stimuli. The stimuli were Spanish words with one single intervocalic tap whose duration was manipulated. Participants listened to each stimulus once, selected the word they heard, and rated its pronunciation. The results suggest that the perception of /r/ significantly increases as duration increases. However, those stimuli identified as /r/ were not considered good exemplars of such category. The stimuli identified as /ɾ/ that had shorter duration were perceived as good instances of such category, but as duration increased, the ratings for /ɾ/ decreased. The phonological implications of these results are discussed in this article.
Abstract
This study analyzes the effect of duration on the perception of Spanish /ɾ/ and /r/. A total of 143 participants completed a questionnaire with 183 stimuli. The stimuli were Spanish words with one single intervocalic tap whose duration was manipulated. Participants listened to each stimulus once, selected the word they heard, and rated its pronunciation. The results suggest that the perception of /r/ significantly increases as duration increases. However, those stimuli identified as /r/ were not considered good exemplars of such category. The stimuli identified as /ɾ/ that had shorter duration were perceived as good instances of such category, but as duration increased, the ratings for /ɾ/ decreased. The phonological implications of these results are discussed in this article.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- Chapter 1. Geographic variation of voseo on Spanish Twitter 7
- Chapter 2. Organic models for measuring Spanish learners’ linguistic complexity 39
- Chapter 3. Role of social interaction abroad in the L2 acquisition of sociolinguistic variation 63
- Chapter 4. The effect of grammatical person on subject pronoun expression in the oral narratives of Spanish second language learners 85
- Chapter 5. Pied-piping in degree wh-clauses in Spanish 109
- Chapter 6. Degree, time and focus 133
- Chapter 7. Neural evidence for the processing of referential ambiguity and referential failure in Spanish 153
- Chapter 8. The overt pronoun penalty for plural anaphors in Spanish 175
- Chapter 9. On the origins of Portuguese para form variation 189
- Chapter 10. Developing epistemic meaning 215
- Chapter 11. The acquisition of personal a among Chinese-speaking L2 learners of Spanish 233
- Chapter 12. Proposing a tripartite intensifier system 253
- Chapter 13. Public signage in a multilingual Caribbean enclave 273
- Chapter 14. No es tan simple como parece 295
- Chapter 15. The acquisition of obligatory and variable mood selection in epistemic predicates by L2 learners and heritage speakers of Spanish 319
- Index 343
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- Chapter 1. Geographic variation of voseo on Spanish Twitter 7
- Chapter 2. Organic models for measuring Spanish learners’ linguistic complexity 39
- Chapter 3. Role of social interaction abroad in the L2 acquisition of sociolinguistic variation 63
- Chapter 4. The effect of grammatical person on subject pronoun expression in the oral narratives of Spanish second language learners 85
- Chapter 5. Pied-piping in degree wh-clauses in Spanish 109
- Chapter 6. Degree, time and focus 133
- Chapter 7. Neural evidence for the processing of referential ambiguity and referential failure in Spanish 153
- Chapter 8. The overt pronoun penalty for plural anaphors in Spanish 175
- Chapter 9. On the origins of Portuguese para form variation 189
- Chapter 10. Developing epistemic meaning 215
- Chapter 11. The acquisition of personal a among Chinese-speaking L2 learners of Spanish 233
- Chapter 12. Proposing a tripartite intensifier system 253
- Chapter 13. Public signage in a multilingual Caribbean enclave 273
- Chapter 14. No es tan simple como parece 295
- Chapter 15. The acquisition of obligatory and variable mood selection in epistemic predicates by L2 learners and heritage speakers of Spanish 319
- Index 343
