Nasals and nasalization in Spanish and Portuguese : perception, phonetics and phonology / / C. Elizabeth Goodin-Mayeda

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465324303321
• Autore: Goodin-Mayeda C. Elizabeth <1977->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylavania] : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (127 p.)
• Collana: Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, , 2213-3887 ; ; Volume 9
• Disciplina: 460
• Soggetti: Nasality (Phonetics); Speech perception; Voice; Spanish language - Nasality (Phonetics); Portuguese language - Nasality (Phonetics); Portuguese language - Phonetics; Spanish language - Phonetics; Spanish language - Phonology; Portuguese language - Phonology; Grammar, Comparative and general - Phonology, Comparative; Comparative linguistics; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Nasals and Nasalization in Spanish and Portuguese; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. From citizens of the world to language specialists: Infant and adult speech perception; 2.1 Studies in infant speech perception; 2.2 Models of perceptual development ; 2.3 Studies in adult speech perception; 2.4 Models of adult and L2 speech perception; 3. Coarticulation and nasalization; 3.1 Context and coarticulation; 3.2 Nasalization: Production, acoustics, and perception; ; 3.2.1 Timing and mechanics of nasalization; 3.2.2 Acoustics correlates and perception of nasal coupling4. Nasals and nasalization in Spanish and Portuguese; 4.1 Dialectal variation in Spanish; 4.1.1 Nasal place assimilation; 4.1.2 Neutralization; 4.1.3 Velarization and absorption; 4.2 Brazilian Portuguese; 4.2.1 Stress-induced nasalization; 4.2.2 Nasal(ized) vowels in closed syllables; 5. Studies on the perception of nasals and nasalization in Spanish and Portuguese; 5.1 Experiment 1: Nasal place perception; 5.1.1 Methodology and procedure; 5.1.2 Results; 5.2 Experiment 2: Perception of nasal vowel height; 5.2.1 Methodology and procedure5.2.2 Results; 5.3 Discussion; 6. Summary and conclusions; References; Index