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Download full textGarabato, 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
Peer reviewedPooley, Timothy – Journal of French Language Studies, 1994
Examines the variable distribution of word-final consonant devoicing (WFCD) among working-class speakers in the Roubaix district of northern France. WFCD is shown to affect coronals, labials, and velars in that order and to be favored by prepausal position. WFCD is primarily associated with female speakers over age 45. (40 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Consonants, Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries
