Chapter published in:
Aspects of Latin American Spanish Dialectology: In honor of Terrell A. MorganEdited by Manuel Díaz-Campos and Sandro Sessarego
[Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics 32] 2021
► pp. 97–124
Chapter 5Social perception of the variable realization of /tʃ/ in
Chile
Amanda Boomershine | UNC Wilmington
Stephanie Forgash | College of Charleston
This study uses the matched-guise technique to
measure the attitudes of forty-one Chilean participants towards the
variable realization of the affricate /tʃ/. The present study
analyzes three variants of the phoneme and their relationships with
various characteristics within society. Within the present study,
there is social stratification of the phoneme /tʃ/ in which the
variant [ʃ] is associated with a lower social stratum and the
variants [tʃ] and [ts] are associated with a higher social stratum.
Speakers who employ [ʃ] receive statistically lower ratings for all
of the characteristics, while speakers who employ [tʃ] and [ts]
receive statistically higher ratings in the matched-guise study.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 1.1The affricate /tʃ/ and its variants
- 1.2Chilean /tʃ/
- 1.3Social perception
- 2.Relevant literature
- 2.1Matched-guise studies
- 2.2Studies on the variable realization of the affricate /tʃ/
- 3.Research questions
- 4.Methodology
- 4.1Participants
- 4.2Experiment procedures
- 4.3Stimulus
- 4.4Questionnaire
- 4.5Analysis
- 5.Results
- 5.1Results for ‘attractive’
- 5.2Results for ‘educated’
- 5.3Results for ‘professional’
- 5.4Results for ‘friendly’
- 5.5Results for ‘trustworthy’
- 5.6Results for ‘wealthy’
- 5.7Summary of results
- 6.Discussion
- 6.1Discussion of research questions
- 7.Conclusions and future directions
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References
Published online: 12 January 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/ihll.32.05boo
https://doi.org/10.1075/ihll.32.05boo
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