The Tritonal Pitch Accent in the Broad Focus Declaratives of the Spanish Spoken in Cuenca, Ecuador: An Acoustic and Sociolinguistic Analysis

This paper presents an acoustic and sociolinguistic analysis of the Andean variety of Spanish spoken in Cuenca, Ecuador, a variety reputed for its “sing-song” intonation. 1,628 pitch accents were analyzed to establish an inventory of broad focus declaratives for this variety. Noteworthy is that a t...

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Main Authors: Brenda Froemming, Rajiv Rao
Format: Article
Language:Catalan
Published: Universitat de Barcelona 2021-05-01
Series:Estudios de Fonética Experimental
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Online Access:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/experimentalphonetics/article/view/43984