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17 - Prosodically Conditioned Variation

Rhotics in Brazilian Veneto

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2024

By
Natália Brambatti Guzzo
Edited by
Rajiv Rao
Rajiv Rao
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Madison
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Summary

Brazilian Veneto (BV), an understudied variety of Veneto spoken in several areas of Brazil, has only one rhotic phoneme, which has been described as alternating between [r] and [ɾ] (e.g., Frosi & Mioranza, 1983). I investigate whether rhotic variation in BV is conditioned by prosodic factors (i.e., position in the syllable, position in the word, and stress) through an analysis of rhotic duration based on data from a naming task. I hypothesize that stronger prosodic positions yield longer rhotics (i.e., trills). The results overall confirm this hypothesis, with longer rhotics favored in stressed, word-initial singleton onsets. Participants’ productions are also analyzed qualitatively, revealing that rhotic variation involves not only the production of trills and taps, but also approximants and fricatives. Potential effects of contact with Portuguese on BV rhotic variation are discussed.

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Brazilian VenetoBrazilian Portuguesedurationlanguage contactprosodic structurerhotictaptrill
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The Phonetics and Phonology of Heritage Languages , pp. 361 - 380
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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