Phonological Variation and Identity in L.A. Spanish: The Case of /s/ Debuccalization
Brian Cifuentes, Nicholas Guymon, Jafarri Nocentelli, Amanda T. In this study, we investigate how native speakers of Puerto Rican, Guatemalan, and Mexican dialects of Spanish use /s/ debuccalization, a phonological process which targets /s/ in the coda position and yields either [h] or [∅] through complete deletion, to signal informal speech in Los Angeles. By […]
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