Resumen
El presente estudio examina si el refuerzo de los fonemas /b d ɡ/ en posición intervocálica afecta a la percepción de estos sonidos como acento no nativo en español. Se parte de la hipótesis de que los alófonos más aproximantes de /b d ɡ/ serán percibidos como variantes más nativas del español, mientras que los alófonos más reforzados serán percibidos como menos nativos del español ya que la lenición o espirantización de estos fonemas en posición intervocálica se ha descrito como un fenómeno prácticamente sistemático en español, pero no en otras lenguas como el inglés (Hualde, José Ignacio. 2014. Los sonidos del español. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). El refuerzo fue operacionalizado en función del grado de oclusión y duración de /b d ɡ/. Se crearon 54 estímulos que contenían instancias de /b d ɡ/ intervocálicas con diferentes grados de oclusión y duración, los cuales fueron transferidos a una tarea de percepción que fue completada por 22 participantes dominicanos y 51 participantes estadounidenses matriculados en programas universitarios de español tanto de posgrado como de grado. Los participantes evaluaron cuán nativo o extranjero sonaba cada estímulo usando una escala de Likert. Los resultados confirman nuestra hipótesis, y las implicaciones de estos resultados se comentan en detalle en este artículo.
Abstract
This study examines whether /b d ɡ/ fortition in intervocalic position affects the perception of these sounds as non-native-like in Spanish. Since /b d ɡ/ lenition or spiranitzation in intervocalic position has been described as a practically systematic phenomenon in Spanish, but not in other languages such as English (Hualde, José Ignacio. 2014. Los sonidos del español. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), it was hypothesized that the approximant allophones of /b d ɡ/ would be perceived as more native-like variants of Spanish, whereas more occlusive or stop-like allophones would be perceived as less native-like variants of Spanish. Fortition was operationalized based on the degree of occlusion and duration of /b d ɡ/. A total of 54 stimuli which contained instances of intervocalic /b d ɡ/ with varying degrees of occlusion and duration were created. These stimuli were transferred to a perceptual task that was completed by 22 participants from the Dominican Republic and 51 participants from the United States who were enrolled at either a graduate or undergraduate program in Spanish at a US University. Participants rated the extent to which each stimulus sounded native- or foreign-like using a Likert scale. The results confirm our hypothesis, and the implications of these results are further discussed in this article.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Editorials
- Remembering SHLL Associate Editor Kimberly Geeslin
- A Thank You and a Welcome
- Research Articles
- Cognitive Status and Subject Reference in Spanish Written Discourse
- El efecto del refuerzo de /b d ɡ/ en la percepción de acento extranjero en español
- The Temporal Relationships between the Pluscuamperfecto and mientras + Imperfecto
- Spanish Emphatic Possessives and Reflexivity
- Linguistic Contact in Perspective: Lateral Coda in Principense Portuguese
- Las vocales glotalizadas en el español guatemalteco: Un análisis sociofonético entre los hablantes bilingües (español-kaqchikel) y monolingües
- How Do You Say Madrid? Final /d/ Variation and the Indexicality of Madrilenian Localness
- Phonetic Context, Task Formality, Learner Level, and Orthographic Effects in L2 Spanish Palatal Obstruents
Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Editorials
- Remembering SHLL Associate Editor Kimberly Geeslin
- A Thank You and a Welcome
- Research Articles
- Cognitive Status and Subject Reference in Spanish Written Discourse
- El efecto del refuerzo de /b d ɡ/ en la percepción de acento extranjero en español
- The Temporal Relationships between the Pluscuamperfecto and mientras + Imperfecto
- Spanish Emphatic Possessives and Reflexivity
- Linguistic Contact in Perspective: Lateral Coda in Principense Portuguese
- Las vocales glotalizadas en el español guatemalteco: Un análisis sociofonético entre los hablantes bilingües (español-kaqchikel) y monolingües
- How Do You Say Madrid? Final /d/ Variation and the Indexicality of Madrilenian Localness
- Phonetic Context, Task Formality, Learner Level, and Orthographic Effects in L2 Spanish Palatal Obstruents