Nasals and nasalization in Spanish and Portuguese : perception, phonetics and phonology / C. Elizabeth Goodin-Mayeda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goodin-Mayeda, C. Elizabeth, 1977- author.

Series:

Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone linguistics ; Volume 9.

Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, 2213-3887 ; Volume 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nasality (Phonetics).

Speech perception.

Voice.

Spanish language--Nasality (Phonetics).

Spanish language.

Portuguese language--Nasality (Phonetics).

Portuguese language.

Portuguese language--Phonetics.

Spanish language--Phonetics.

Spanish language--Phonology.

Portuguese language--Phonology.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Phonology, Comparative.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Comparative linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylavania] : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nasality, whether part of a consonant or vowel, has certain phonetic and phonological characteristics that lead to outcomes seen time and again in languages with and without common ancestries. Spanish and Portuguese constitute a particularly fruitful language pairing for studying phonological aspects of synchronic and diachronic variation, given their intimate relationship as well as the array of dialectal variation in each. This research monograph offers a comprehensive exploration of nasals and nasalization in Spanish and Portuguese with a special focus on the role of perception in order to provide insight into how perception informs models of phonetics, phonology and language change. Of interest to researchers and advanced students alike, this volume integrates phonetic and phonological models of speech perception and production, and discusses these with regards to original empirical research on the perception of nasal place features and vowel nasalization by listeners of Peninsular Spanish, Cuban Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese.

Contents:

Nasals and Nasalization in Spanish and Portuguese; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. From citizens of the world to language specialists: Infant and adult speech perception; 2.1 Studies in infant speech perception; 2.2 Models of perceptual development ; 2.3 Studies in adult speech perception; 2.4 Models of adult and L2 speech perception; 3. Coarticulation and nasalization; 3.1 Context and coarticulation; 3.2 Nasalization: Production, acoustics, and perception; 3.2.1 Timing and mechanics of nasalization

3.2.2 Acoustics correlates and perception of nasal coupling4. Nasals and nasalization in Spanish and Portuguese; 4.1 Dialectal variation in Spanish; 4.1.1 Nasal place assimilation; 4.1.2 Neutralization; 4.1.3 Velarization and absorption; 4.2 Brazilian Portuguese; 4.2.1 Stress-induced nasalization; 4.2.2 Nasal(ized) vowels in closed syllables; 5. Studies on the perception of nasals and nasalization in Spanish and Portuguese; 5.1 Experiment 1: Nasal place perception; 5.1.1 Methodology and procedure; 5.1.2 Results; 5.2 Experiment 2: Perception of nasal vowel height

5.2.1 Methodology and procedure5.2.2 Results; 5.3 Discussion; 6. Summary and conclusions; References; Index

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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