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Garabato, M. Carmen Alen – Travaux Neuchatelois de Linguistique (Tranel), 2001
This article focuses on "gheada," a phonetic feature characteristic of certain areas of Galicia (Spain), unknown in Castilian and Portuguese, consists of the pronunciation of /g/ ([g], [y]) as [h]. This phonetic innovation, which is widespread in Western Galicia, has been traditionally stigmatized as a sign of rusticity and lack of…
Descriptors: Distinctive Features (Language), Foreign Countries, Language Variation, Phonetics