The Madrileño ejke : a study of the perception and production of velarized /s/ in Madrid

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dc.contributor.advisorToribio, Almeida Jacqueline, 1963-
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBullock, Barbara E.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberNishida, Chiyo
dc.contributor.committeeMemberHinrichs, Lars
dc.contributor.committeeMemberCarvalho, Ana M.
dc.creatorWright, Robyn, Ph. D.
dc.creator.orcid0000-0003-2450-9728
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-17T22:05:29Z
dc.date.available2017-07-17T22:05:29Z
dc.date.issued2017-05
dc.date.submittedMay 2017
dc.date.updated2017-07-17T22:05:29Z
dc.description.abstractAspiration of coda /s/ has been widely studied throughout the Spanish-speaking world, although within the Madrid dialect there have only been two studies quantifying /s/ realization (Momcilovic, 2005; Turnham & Lafford, 1995). In the first, Turnham and Lafford (1995) examine the extralinguistic factors that condition /s/ realization, considering the nonstandard variants of velarized and elided /s/ in their analysis. In contrast, Momcilovic (2005) does not include the velarized /s/ as a specific category in her study, but rather quantifies rates of aspirated, elided and assimilated /s/. In this way, the actual variants present and their distribution within the Spanish of Madrid has not been clearly established. The velarized /s/, of particular interest in this dissertation, is distinct from most cases of /s/ weakening because it does not fit into the typological weaking paradigm of [s] > [h] > [ø], and furthermore may not be a case of lenition at all (Henriksen & Harper, 2016). Given the curious /s/ variant present in the Madrid dialect, the current investigation sought to learn more of the social meaning and perception of the velarized /s/, utilizing the matched guise language attitudes technique to do so. It is found that the velarized /s/ is a marker of Madrileño identity, and that it is mainly associated with negative connotations, most strongly observed among the Madrileño participants. This dissertation contributes the first language attitudes study conducted on /s/ in Madrid, revealing both the social meaning attached to velarized /s/ and the importance of the speakers’ social characteristics in their perception of this variant. Secondly, a production study was conducted in order to offer a clearer picture of the coda /s/ variants present in the Madrid dialect and their respective distribution. The significant factors found to condition /s/ realization include syllabic position, reading time, reading order and the number of Madrileño grandparents a speaker has. Most importantly here, it is seen that the aspirated variant actually appears more frequently than the velarized /s/. Together these studies contribute a greater understanding of velarized /s/, filling a lacuna in what was previously known of coda /s/ in the Madrid dialect.
dc.description.departmentSpanish and Portuguese
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T28K75B70
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/60470
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectSpanish
dc.subjectMadrid
dc.subjectAspiration
dc.subjectVelarization
dc.subjectLanguage attitudes
dc.subjectVariation
dc.titleThe Madrileño ejke : a study of the perception and production of velarized /s/ in Madrid
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.departmentSpanish and Portuguese
thesis.degree.disciplineSpanish
thesis.degree.grantorThe University of Texas at Austin
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy

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