Lenition of fricative sibilants in casual conversations in Basque

  1. Dorota Krajewska 1
  1. 1 Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
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    Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

    Lejona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/000xsnr85

Revista:
Estudios de fonética experimental

ISSN: 2385-3573 1575-5533

Any de publicació: 2024

Número: 33

Pàgines: 91-120

Tipus: Article

DOI: 10.1344/EFE-2024-33-91-120 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAccés obert editor

Altres publicacions en: Estudios de fonética experimental

Resum

Aquest article analitza la lenició de les sibilants fricatives laminoalveolars i apicoalveolars en converses informals entre parlants de basc de Beasain (dialecte central). La realització fonètica de les sibilantses descriu a partir de la proporció d’intervalssonors, el centre de gravetat i la intensitat relativa. Els resultats mostren que el 13% de les sibilants es poden classificar com a “sonores”(i.e., sonoritat ininterrompuda al llarg del 50% central de la seva durada) i un altre 25% té com a mínim un framesonoren l’interval central. Diversos factors constitueixenpredictors importants de la sonoritat: el context, la velocitat de parla i la presència d’un límit de mot. També es mostra que la sonoritat redueix el centre de gravetat i la intensitat relativa de les sibilants. Finalment, l’article analitza els possibles efectes lèxics en els fenòmens de lenició.

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