In the Echoes of Guarani
Exploring the Intonation of Statements in Paraguayan Spanish
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5901047 |
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| Authors | Andrea Pešková (0000-0001-6077-9034, Osnabrück University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 12 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-25 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Languages (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2226-471X • E-ISSN: 2226-471X |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/languages9010012 |
| OpenAlex | W4390234868 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 33 |
This explorative study examines intonation contours in neutral and non-neutral statements of Paraguayan Spanish, a variety shaped by extensive contact with Guarani, a co-official language of Paraguay. Paraguayan Spanish displays both lexical and syntactic borrowings from Guarani, along with innovative intonation patterns not found in other Spanish varieties. Previous but still limited research on yes/no and wh-questions in this variety suggests the emergence of a unique intonational system, possibly of a hybrid nature, in both Spanish monolinguals and Spanish-Guarani bilinguals. To date, no comprehensive description of intonation patterns in Paraguayan Spanish statements exists. The present study addresses this gap by analyzing data obtained through a Discourse Completion Task, covering broad-focus statements, contrastive focus, exclamatives, and statements of the obvious. Data were collected in 2014 from two monolingual speakers, eleven bilingual Spanish-dominant speakers, and eight bilingual Guarani-dominant speakers. The intonation is formalized using the Autosegmental-Metrical model of intonational phonology and the Spanish Tones and Break Indices labeling system. The findings reveal three main realizations of nuclear accents (L+H*, H+L*, and innovative >H+L*) in neutral and non-neutral declarative sentences, lengthening of syllables, diverse syntactical strategies, and lexical borrowings. The study contributes to the understanding of a lesser-studied Spanish variety and offers insights into theoretical aspects of contact linguistics
Focus (optics · Intonation (linguistics · Linguistics · Phonology · Physics · Variety (cybernetics · Computer Science · Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence
Prosodic Typology II
Intonational Phonology
Convergence and intonation
Language Contact, Creolization, and Genetic Linguistics
Intonation and Prosodic Structure
Traces of language contact in intonation
The influence of social factors on the prosody of Spanish in contact with Basque
A Speech Planning Account of Guarani Grammatical Borrowings in Paraguayan Spanish
Guaraní-Spanish Jopara Mixing in a Paraguayan Novel
Intonational and Syntactic Innovations in a Language Contact Situation
Variation in the prosody of focus in head- and head/edge-prominence languages
Information-Seeking Question Intonation in Basque Spanish and Its Correlation with Degree of Contact and Language Attitudes
Vocative Intonation in Language Contact
The Prosody of Focus in Paraguayan Guaraní
Guarani Morphology in Paraguayan Spanish
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