Four mid back vowels in Eastern Andalusian Spanish. The effect of /s/, /r/, and /θ/ deletion on preceding /o/ in the town of El Ejido

Alfredo Herrero de Haro ^[1]
1. [1] University of Wollongong
  
  University of Wollongong
  
  Australia
Localización: Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie, ISSN-e 1865-9063, ISSN 0049-8661, Vol. 133, Nº 1, 2017, págs. 82-114
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- The deletion of syllable-final consonants in Eastern Andalusian Spanish has been extensively documented; however, there is no consensus about its effect on neighbouring vowels. Researchers have focused on the effects of /s/ deletion on vowels to analyse how its semantic value is conveyed, while other consonants which are also deleted have been ignored. This paper examines the effects of word-final /s/, /r/, and /θ/ deletion on preceding /o/ from the point of view of production and perception. Regarding production, acoustic analyses of data from El Ejido (Eastern Andalusia), show specific changes to the F1 and F2 of /o/ depending on the underlying consonant it precedes (/s/, /r/, or /θ/). Likewise, a perception test demonstrates that Eastern Andalusian speakers can distinguish between more types of mid back vowels than previously thought.