Metathesis, syllable weight and stress in Sevillian Spanish
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20399583 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Madeline Gilbert (0000-0001-8352-8561, University of Georgia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Phonology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0952-6757 • E-ISSN: 1469-8188 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0952675725100225 |
| OpenAlex | W7125271679 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 70 |
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]). The change in syllable structure could affect weight-sensitive stress, depending on the level speakers refer to in assigning stress. In a stress judgement task, Sevillian listeners treated syllables from which an /s/ had metathesised out similarly to heavy penults and differently from light penults. I outline a range of analyses to account for their behaviour, and suggest that a comprehensive analysis could include gestural representations and separate stress from metathesis, so that phonetic variability in the realisation of metathesis is permitted but does not affect stress
Coda · Judgement · Realisation · Syllable · Language Development and Disorders · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Phonetics and Phonology Research
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