Allophonic characterization of the phonemic group /t̪ɾ/ in non-standard speech in a sample of chilean spanish speakers reading-aloud and in a semi-spontaneous interview

Authors

  • Alejandra Araneda Beltrán Universidad de Concepción
  • Jaime Soto-Barba Universidad de Concepción
  • Daniel Pereira Pereira Universidad de Concepción
  • Mauricio A. Figueroa Candia Universidad de Concepción

Abstract

This paper presents the main results of the allophonic variation of the consonantal group /t̪ ɾ/ in a variety of Chilean Spanish –that of speakers that have not completed secondary education- obtained from eight cities (Iquique, La Serena, Valparaíso, Santiago, Concepción, Temuco, Coyhaique and Punta Arenas), using two elicitation tasks -semi-spontaneous interview and reading-aloud- completed by male and female speakers. The results showed that the sequence of plosive followed by a tap, that is /t̪ ɾ/, was more frequent. In addition, the independent variables geographic origin, elicitation task and gender were shown to have a statistically significant effect on the phonetic realizations of /t̪ ɾ/.

Keywords:

allophonic variation, non-standard Spanish, semi-spontaneous interview, reading-aloud, plosives, tap