Acoustic and perceptual characteristics of Spanish /r/ in educated participants from eight Chilean cities in a reading aloud task

Authors

  • Nicolás Retamal Venegas Universidad de Concepción
  • Jaime Soto-Barba Universidad de Concepción

Abstract

In this paper, results of a study on the geographic variation of the phoneme /r/ in the speech of Chilean professionals of eight different cities (Iquique, La Serena, Valparaíso, Santiago, Concepción, Temuco, Coyhaique y Punta Arenas) performing a reading-aloud task are presented. The results show that most of the realizations for the phoneme /r/ correspond to the approximant, apicoalveolar consonant [], regardless of the participant’s geographical origin and the gender.

Keywords:

trill, approximant, reading-aloud task, phonetics and phonology, Chilean Spanish