An Acoustic Study of Voiced Stop Allophony in Costa Rican Spanish

The findings of the study show that the dialect of the Central Valley of Costa Rica is more conservative in its treatment of /b, d, g/. Speakers of this dialect categorically produced more occlusive realizations in all tasks performed relative to those obtained from speakers of Madrid Spanish. This study has shown that the traditional account of the allophonic distribution of /b, d, g/ is much more complex and varied than previously considered. The application of an acoustic analysis of these segments has provided a quantitative approach to the characterization of voiced stop allophony in Spanish.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Spanish

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Carrasco, Patricio G.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Hualde, Jose Ignacio

• Language, Modern

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3337717

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/86156