Chapter 7
Sheísmo in Montevideo Spanish
Not (yet) identical to Buenos Aires
Studies have documented an ongoing change from
/ʒ/ to /ʃ/ in Rioplatense Spanish, and research
indicates that the change to /ʃ/ is complete for young speakers of
Buenos Aires (BA) Spanish. However, sheísmo in the
neighboring country of Uruguay has not been thoroughly studied. The
present study finds that, unlike in BA, the change to /ʃ/ is not yet
complete in Montevideo, as determined by persistent sex differences
among young speakers (Cameron,
2011; Chang,
2008), and differences in voicing rates between
/ʒ/~/ʃ/and phonologically voiceless /s/, indicating that observed
voicing is not due solely to gestural overlap (Rohena-Madrazo, 2015).
Uruguay is at least one generation behind BA for this change,
distinguishing the Spanish spoken in the two regions.
Article outline
- 1.Rioplatense Spanish
- 2.
Zheísmo and sheísmo in
Rioplatense Spanish
- 3.Methodology
- 3.1Participants
- 3.2Analysis
- 4.Results
- 4.1Variants of /ʝ/
- 4.2Analysis of voicing
- 4.3Completion of the change in Montevideo and comparisons with
BA
- 4.3.1Sex differences as a criterion for completed sound
change
- 4.3.2Comparison with /s/ as a criterion for completed sound
change
- 5.Discussion
- 6.Conclusions
-
Acknowledgements
-
Notes
-
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