The rhotics of the Salvador, Bahia variety of Brazilian Portuguese
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14859799 |
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| Authors | Trey Jagiella (0000-0003-3521-8168, Indiana University, corresponding author), J Clancy Clements (0000-0001-9340-401X, Indiana University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Publication date | 2024-09-03 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0920-9034 • E-ISSN: 1569-9870 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/jpcl.23005.jag |
| OpenAlex | W4402193401 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 20 |
Brazilian Portuguese has two rhotic phonemes: the alveolar flap /ɾ/ and another variable phoneme. This phoneme has been cited as velar, uvular, and glottal fricatives, as well as alveolar trills and approximants. Variability of surface forms occurs both within and across varieties. This phoneme occurs in simple onsets, codas, and intervocalically. Deletion of the phoneme is common, particularly in word-final position. The goal of this project is to explore the variation in rhotic production in Salvador, particularly with regards to substrate influence. Ten participants read predetermined stimuli of isolated tokens and sentences, with a total of 1409 instances of the phoneme. The findings indicate that the range of possible surface forms is more variable than previously cited, including palatal and uvular fricatives among others. We suggest that the degree of variability of rhotic production in Salvador may be due to past contact between Africans and Portuguese in the city
Geography · Linguistics · Portuguese · Variety (cybernetics · Computer Science · Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Artificial Intelligence
| Highly cited | No |
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