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Microvariation in accentual alignment in Basque Spanish.

Gorka Elordieta¹, Nagore Calleja

¹University of the Basque Country/HiTT, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. gorka.elordieta@ehu.es

Language and Speech

|May 24, 2006

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This study reveals unique accentual alignment patterns in Spanish varieties from the Basque Country. Lekeitio Spanish shows mixed Basque and Spanish intonation, while Vitoria Spanish aligns with other Spanish dialects.

Area of Science:

Phonetics and Phonology
Sociolinguistics
Prosody

Background:

Spanish varieties in the Basque Country exhibit unique linguistic features due to language contact.
Accentual alignment, a key prosodic feature, varies across Spanish dialects.
Lekeitio Basque (LB) and Lekeitio Spanish (LS) present a unique case of bilingual influence on Spanish intonation.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate and compare accentual alignment patterns in Lekeitio Spanish (LS) and Vitoria Spanish (VS).
To contrast these patterns with Madrid Spanish (MS) and Lekeitio Basque (LB).
To explore the influence of Basque on Spanish intonation in the Basque Country.

Main Methods:

Acoustic analysis of pitch contours and accentual peak alignment.

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Comparison of intonational patterns across three Spanish varieties (LS, VS, MS) and one Basque variety (LB).

Examination of tonal target alignment and syllable-timed prosody.

Main Results:

Lekeitio Spanish (LS) displays mixed intonational properties: pitch rises like Spanish but with earlier peak alignment, similar to Basque.
Vitoria Spanish (VS) shows typical Spanish accentual alignment with later peak alignment and earlier low tone target alignment.
A continuum of tonal target alignment was observed across all studied varieties, questioning the "starred tone" notation.

Conclusions:

Lekeitio Spanish (LS) demonstrates significant influence from Lekeitio Basque (LB) in its accentual alignment.
Vitoria Spanish (VS) prosody aligns with general patterns observed in other Spanish dialects.
The findings contribute to understanding language contact phenomena in prosody and the limitations of current intonational analysis models.