Recent Advances in the Study of Spanish Sociophonetic Perception
Editor
This book provides a cutting-edge exploration of the social meaning of phonetic variation in the Spanish-speaking world. Its 11 chapters elucidate the ways in which listeners process, perceive, and propagate phonetically motivated social meaning across monolingual and contact varieties, including the Spanish spoken in Spain (Asturias, Catalonia, and Andalusia), Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, and the United States. The book presents a wide variety of new and innovative research by renowned scholars, and the chapters examine issues like the influence of visual cues, bilingualism, contact, geographic mobility, and phonotactic predictability on social and linguistic perception. Additionally, the volume engages in timely discussions of intersectionality, replicability, and the future of the field. As the first unified reference on Spanish sociophonetic perception, this volume will be useful in graduate and undergraduate classrooms, in libraries, and on the bookshelf of any scholar interested in Spanish sociophonetics.
[Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, 21] 2019. vi, 344 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 12 November 2019
Published online on 12 November 2019
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
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Introduction: Spanish sociophonetic perception: The state of the fieldWhitney Chappell | pp. 1–12
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Spain
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Chapter 1. The role of social cues in the perception of final vowel contrasts in Asturian SpanishSonia Barnes | pp. 15–38
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Chapter 2. Covert and overt attitudes towards Catalonian Spanish laterals and intervocalic fricativesJustin Davidson | pp. 39–84
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Chapter 3. Dialectology meets sociophonetics: The social evaluation of ceceo and distinción in Lepe, SpainBrendan Regan | pp. 85–121
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South America
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Chapter 4. Regional identity in Highland Ecuador: Social evaluation of intervocalic /s/ voicingChristina García | pp. 125–152
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Chapter 5. Spanish and Palenquero: Language identification through phonological correspondencesJohn M. Lipski | pp. 153–186
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Chapter 6. The role of social networks in cross-dialectal variation in the perception of the Rioplatense assibilated pre-palatal [ʃ]Lauren B. Schmidt | pp. 187–210
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Chapter 7. The social perception of intervocalic /k/ voicing in Chilean SpanishMariška A. Bolyanatz Brown and Brandon M. A. Rogers | pp. 211–235
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North America
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Chapter 8. The sociophonetic perception of heritage Spanish speakers in the United States: Reactions to labiodentalized <v> in the speech of late immigrant and U.S.-born voicesWhitney Chappell | pp. 239–264
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Chapter 9. Spoken word recognition and shesheo in Northwestern Mexico: A preliminary investigation into the effects of sociophonetic variability on auditory lexical accessMariela López Velarde and Miquel Simonet | pp. 265–285
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Chapter 10. The perception-production connection: /tʃ/ deaffrication and rhotic assibilation in Chihuahua SpanishNatalia Mazzaro and Raquel González de Anda | pp. 287–312
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Future Directions
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Chapter 11. Of intersectionality, replicability, and holistic perspectives: Methodological considerations in Spanish sociophonetic perception studiesSara Mack | pp. 315–325
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Chapter 12. Future directions for sociophonetic research in SpanishNicholas Henriksen | pp. 327–340
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Index
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Recent Advances in the Study of Spanish Sociophonetic Perception is an outstanding and timely crafted volume, primarily concerned with understanding the social meanings associated with sociolinguistic phenomena in the Spanish-speaking world. The volume comprises twelve scholarly papers divided in five sections (i.e. introduction, Spain, South America, North America, and Future Directions) and it provides the most complete and current perspective on the subject in a single source. Readers will be delighted to learn about the most recent advances in the area, the relationship between perception and production studies, methodological innovations, and suggestions for future investigation. A must-read book for students and scholars of language, variation, and change.”
Manuel Díaz-Campos, Indiana University, Bloomington
“Sociophonetic studies are the cornerstone of “third-wave” sociolinguistics, but they have so far been concentrated mainly on varieties of English. Chappell has done a phenomenal job in bringing together some of the brightest minds in Hispanic linguistics to contribute groundbreaking case studies to this volume. In the process, she has created an essential point of departure for all future research on Spanish sociophonetics. This book will be required reading for generations of linguists to come!”
Scott Schwenter, The Ohio State University
“In curating this volume, Chappell has proffered a welcome corrective to scholarship on linguistic variation in the Spanish-speaking world, complementing extant sociophonetic research on variable segmental and prosodic production with studies focused on the social meanings that they convey. The collected works further illuminate the ways in which phonetic variation informs the social identities and organization of speakers and communities, advancing Hispanic Linguistics and the field of language variation more generally.”
Almeida Jacqueline Toribio, University of Texas, Austin
“This volume is a must for all graduate and undergraduate linguistic students and scholars interested in having a comprehensive view of variation in the Spanish-speaking world, as it gives you an insight into what is being done in the area of Spanish sociophonetic perception nowadays and how much is yet to be explored within this fascinating field.”
Andrea Canavosio, National University of Córdoba, Argentina on Linguist List 32.897, 2021
“Chappell has gathered a fine selection of researchers to explore issues related to Spanish sociophonetic perception. While some of them present studies that provide solid empirical evidence to answer her initial question, others offer detailed methodological considerations so that future studies can continue searching for possible answers to that same question. This turns the volume into a valuable contribution to the field which serves as an important resource for both novel and experienced scholars.”
Florencia Giménez, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, in Spanish in Context 19:2 (2022).
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Baird, Brandon
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Regan, Brendan & Jazmyn L. Martinez
2023. The Indeterminacy of Social Meaning Linked to ‘Mexico’ and ‘Texas’ Spanish: Examining Monoglossic Language Ideologies among Heritage and L2 Spanish Listeners. Languages 8:4 ► pp. 266 ff.
Mazzaro, Natalia
2022. The Effect of Language Contact on /tʃ/ Deaffrication in Spanish from the US–Mexico Borderland. Languages 7:2 ► pp. 101 ff.
Núñez-Méndez, Eva
2022. Variation in Spanish /s/: Overview and New Perspectives. Languages 7:2 ► pp. 77 ff.
Wright, Robyn
2021. Madrileños on theejque: Perceptions of Velarized /s/. Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics 14:1 ► pp. 207 ff.
Davidson, Justin
2020. Asymmetry and Directionality in Catalan–Spanish Contact: Intervocalic Fricatives in Barcelona and Valencia. Languages 5:4 ► pp. 60 ff.
López Velarde, Mariela & Miquel Simonet
2020. The Perception of Postalveolar English Obstruents by Spanish Speakers Learning English as a Foreign Language in Mexico. Languages 5:2 ► pp. 27 ff.
Mazzaro, Natalia & Raquel González de Anda
2020. Men Finally Got It! Rhotic Assibilation in Mexican Spanish in Chihuahua. Languages 5:4 ► pp. 38 ff.
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFH: Phonetics, phonology
Main BISAC Subject
LAN011000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology