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Languages, Volume 8, Issue 2

2023 June - 63 articles

Cover Story: Codas are typically deleted or assimilated in Eastern Andalusian Spanish, triggering regular gemination of a following consonant. This paper investigates singleton /t/ and four different underlying /C+t/ sequences that typically surface as [tː], by analyzing how durational and formant differences vary depending on the identity of the preceding underlying consonant. Differences in the total duration of /t/ and in the duration of the closure of /t/ are the strongest cues for distinguishing singletons from geminated consonants, with 91.9% and 90.6% accurate classifications, respectively. Given that gemination in Eastern Andalusian Spanish is the result of /C1C2/ to [Cː] assimilation, and that its underlying phonemic status has not been demonstrated, this geolect is unusual amongst languages generally studied with respect to gemination. View this paper
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