Relación entre la prosodia y la semántica

Un estudio conductual en español

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ID19230989
AuthorsMercedes Amparo Muñetón Ayala (0000-0003-3605-1961, Universidad de Antioquia), Mercedes Muñetón-Ayala (Universidad de Antioquia, corresponding author)
Year2026
Issue48
Pages1-20
Publication date2026-05-06
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCuadernos de lingüística hispánica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0121-053X • E-ISSN: 2346-1829
PublisherUniversidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (PUBLISHER • CO)
DOI10.19053/uptc.0121053x.n48.2026.20056
OpenAlexW7160626604
LanguageES
References cited19

This article examines the relationship between prosody and semantics in Spanish as spoken in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain). Behavioral measures were analyzed in a metric judgement task. The experiment investigated how adult listeners perceived changes in the duration of manipulated sentences containing altered pretonic syllables in predictable or unpredictable words. The results, in terms of both error percentage and reaction times, suggest an interaction between duration and semantics. In predictable contexts (P+), participants relied more on semantics and paid less attention to prosody. Therefore, they did not always detect the manipulation. In unpredictable contexts (P-), prosody became more relevant, guiding processing and facilitating detection. These findings demonstrate that the semantic component was present even in a task designed to focus exclusively on prosody, highlighting the close relationship between the suprasegmental and segmental levels

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