Franny D. Brogan

List of John Benjamins publications for which Franny D. Brogan plays a role.

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Brogan, Franny D. 2020 Demystifying Salvadoran [s θ ]: Evidence for /s/ lenitionHispanic Linguistics: Current issues and new directions, Morales-Front, Alfonso, Michael J. Ferreira, Ronald P. Leow and Cristina Sanz (eds.), pp. 205–228 | Chapter
In the Central American countries of El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua, /s/ not only weakens to [h] and [Ø] but is variably produced as a voiceless approximant that is perceptually similar to interdental [θ]. While this sound, which I refer to as [sθ], has become a defining characteristic of… read more