Madeline Gilbert
Biographic Data
| ID | 6223058 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Madeline Gilbert |
| GIVEN NAMES | Madeline |
| FAMILY NAME | Gilbert |
| SIGNATURE | GILBERT M |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8352-8561 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Metathesis, syllable weight and stress in Sevillian Spanish
This study investigates how stress and metathesis interact in Sevillian Spanish, focusing on how their interaction sheds light on representation. Metathesis affects /s/–voiceless stop sequences, moving a debuccalised coda /s/ to the release of the following stop ( → [patha]). This process plausibly changes syllable structure: the syllable where /s/ originated is closed at one representational level, but open on the surface ([ pah .ta] → [ pa .tha…
Testing for underlying representations
Conflicting standards and variability
Most sociolinguistic work on variation focuses on how rates of occurrence or mean measurements differ between speech communities and speakers. However, speakers and communities also differ in variability – that is, in dispersion around the mean. The current study investigates the effects of speech style and multilingualism on variation and variability, by measuring the degree of intervocalic /bdɡ/ spirantization in spontaneous and careful speech.…
Metathesis is late and fake
In this paper, we argue that metathesis, an underattested phonological operation, is best understood as gestural overlap. Based on two case studies (Sevillian Spanish and Uab Meto), we observe that metathesis is (i) implemented in a phonetically gradient way and (ii) invisible to other phonology. We use these observations to propose that phonology is bifurcated into two major strata: early phonology and late phonology. Early phonology uses atomic…
Acoustic evidence for affix classes
In languages that assign stress differently according to morphological structure, affixes often fall into different categories. In Brazilian Portuguese, normal suffix words have one stress (Base: [kaˈfɛ] ‘coffee’; suffixed: [kafe-ˈtejɾa] ‘coffee pot’). Special suffix words are claimed to have two stresses, one of which falls in the same location as in the independent base ([ka ˌfɛ-ˈzĩɲu] ‘coffee-DIM’). The special suffixes include diminutive -(z)…
Segments vs. Clusters
Sevillian Spanish is undergoing a change from preaspiration to postaspiration in /s ptk/ sequences ([pahta] -> [patha]) (Ruch & Peters, 2016). Some previous work suggests that postaspirated stops are phonologizing in Sevillian Spanish (O'Neill, 2009; Gylfadottir, 2015). In this paper, I argue that postaspirated stops are underlyingly clusters. Evidence for the cluster representation comes from two sources: sociolinguistically-conditioned variatio…
"Vamos vencer o tráfico"
Este artigo apresenta uma análise verbo-visual da significação e do tema da palavra tráfico, tal como aparece em uma das capas da revista Época. Para isso, leva em conta a etimologia e as mudanças históricas de significação da palavra em determinados contextos concretos em que ela circulou com o intuito de verificar como sua polissemia contribui, de forma articulada com o visual da capa, para produzir certo impacto sobre o público leitor. A análi…
"Vamos vencer o tráfico"
Este artigo apresenta uma análise verbo-visual da significação e do tema da palavra tráfico, tal como aparece em uma das capas da revista Época. Para isso, leva em conta a etimologia e as mudanças históricas de significação da palavra em determinados contextos concretos em que ela circulou com o intuito de verificar como sua polissemia contribui, de forma articulada com o visual da capa, para produzir certo impacto sobre o público leitor. A análi…
Acoustic evidence for affix classes
In languages that assign stress differently according to morphological structure, affixes often fall into different categories. In Brazilian Portuguese, normal suffix words have one stress (Base: [kaˈfɛ] ‘coffee’; suffixed: [kafe-ˈtejɾa] ‘coffee pot’). Special suffix words are claimed to have two stresses, one of which falls in the same location as in the independent base ([ka ˌfɛ-ˈzĩɲu] ‘coffee-DIM’). The special suffixes include diminutive -(z)…
Segments vs. Clusters
Sevillian Spanish is undergoing a change from preaspiration to postaspiration in /s ptk/ sequences ([pahta] -> [patha]) (Ruch & Peters, 2016). Some previous work suggests that postaspirated stops are phonologizing in Sevillian Spanish (O'Neill, 2009; Gylfadottir, 2015). In this paper, I argue that postaspirated stops are underlyingly clusters. Evidence for the cluster representation comes from two sources: sociolinguistically-conditioned variatio…
Metathesis is late and fake
In this paper, we argue that metathesis, an underattested phonological operation, is best understood as gestural overlap. Based on two case studies (Sevillian Spanish and Uab Meto), we observe that metathesis is (i) implemented in a phonetically gradient way and (ii) invisible to other phonology. We use these observations to propose that phonology is bifurcated into two major strata: early phonology and late phonology. Early phonology uses atomic…
Conflicting standards and variability
Most sociolinguistic work on variation focuses on how rates of occurrence or mean measurements differ between speech communities and speakers. However, speakers and communities also differ in variability – that is, in dispersion around the mean. The current study investigates the effects of speech style and multilingualism on variation and variability, by measuring the degree of intervocalic /bdɡ/ spirantization in spontaneous and careful speech.…
Testing for underlying representations
Metathesis, syllable weight and stress in Sevillian Spanish
This study investigates how stress and metathesis interact in Sevillian Spanish, focusing on how their interaction sheds light on representation. Metathesis affects /s/–voiceless stop sequences, moving a debuccalised coda /s/ to the release of the following stop ( → [patha]). This process plausibly changes syllable structure: the syllable where /s/ originated is closed at one representational level, but open on the surface ([ pah .ta] → [ pa .tha…
Phonetics and Phonology Research (6 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (5 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Coda (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies (3 works) · Morpheme (2 works) · Perception (2 works)