Abstract:This sociophonetic study examines affricate variation through a continuous lens using diachronic data from Caracas Spanish. We investigate the relationship between frication and occlusion period duration in affricate segments across two steps. First, we present a phonetic characterization of the dependent variable and its variants. Second, we examine the sociolinguistic profile of the variants in an oral corpus of Caracas Spanish. Correlation analyses between the frication period, occlusion period, and overall segment duration suggest that frication lengthening is most prominent, which may mean that affricate variation in Caracas is not necessarily a lenition process, but rather a lengthening one. Through a mixed-effects linear regression model, we determine that frication duration is significantly conditioned by social and linguistic factors in Caracas. Longer frication periods are predicted by following high vowels, corpus year, speaker sex, and in word-initial position. These results suggest that traditional affricate lenition may in some cases point to a process of lengthening and retiming that is both socially and linguistically stratified. This paper contributes to the field by providing an acoustic examination of variable affricate production as well as a diachronic sociolinguistic investigation of this phenomenon in the Spanish of Caracas, Venezuela.
{"title":"Re-Conceptualizing Affricate Variation in Caracas Spanish","authors":"Manuel Díaz-Campos, Molly Cole, Matt Pollock","doi":"10.1353/hpn.2023.0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/hpn.2023.0002","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This sociophonetic study examines affricate variation through a continuous lens using diachronic data from Caracas Spanish. We investigate the relationship between frication and occlusion period duration in affricate segments across two steps. First, we present a phonetic characterization of the dependent variable and its variants. Second, we examine the sociolinguistic profile of the variants in an oral corpus of Caracas Spanish. Correlation analyses between the frication period, occlusion period, and overall segment duration suggest that frication lengthening is most prominent, which may mean that affricate variation in Caracas is not necessarily a lenition process, but rather a lengthening one. Through a mixed-effects linear regression model, we determine that frication duration is significantly conditioned by social and linguistic factors in Caracas. Longer frication periods are predicted by following high vowels, corpus year, speaker sex, and in word-initial position. These results suggest that traditional affricate lenition may in some cases point to a process of lengthening and retiming that is both socially and linguistically stratified. This paper contributes to the field by providing an acoustic examination of variable affricate production as well as a diachronic sociolinguistic investigation of this phenomenon in the Spanish of Caracas, Venezuela.","PeriodicalId":51796,"journal":{"name":"Hispania-A Journal Devoted To the Teaching of Spanish and Portuguese","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47629733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:Against the backdrop of extreme social and economic inequality exacerbated by discriminatory real estate processes like redlining, many Latin Americans turn to autoconstruction—a long-term process of gradually expanding and improving their homes to boost their standing in society. This article compares the novels Estação terminal (2010), by Brazilian author Sacolinha, and Angosta (2003), by Colombian writer Héctor Abad Faciolince, to examine how redlining and autoconstruction operate on both economic and discursive levels. In the face of stereotypes that vilify socially peripheral groups, Sacolinha and Abad employ discursive autoconstruction—building up positive images of social “others” to countervail marginalization and assert a creative right to the city (Beal). Portraying characters who transgress borders both literal and figurative, the texts bridge the distance between characters and readers, inviting them to become prójimos (metaphorical neighbors) charged with defending the rights of others. Analyzing this process underscores how economic, narrative, and social resistance can interrelate. It also demonstrates that, just as marginalization and oppression compound when the factors on which they are based intersect, resistance is most effective when it too is multifaceted and intersectional, enacted on various fronts to reconfigure attitudes and work toward a more inclusive society.
摘要:在诸如“划边”等歧视性房地产过程加剧了极端的社会和经济不平等的背景下，许多拉美人转向了自建——一个逐步扩大和改善住房以提高社会地位的长期过程。本文比较了巴西作家Sacolinha的小说《esta o terminal》(2010年)和哥伦比亚作家hacimtor Abad Faciolince的小说《Angosta》(2003年)，以研究红线和自动建构如何在经济和话语层面上运作。面对诋毁社会边缘群体的刻板印象，Sacolinha和Abad采用了话语式的自我建构——建立社会“他人”的积极形象，以抵消边缘化，并主张对城市的创造性权利(Beal)。这些文字刻画了超越字面和比喻界限的人物，拉近了人物和读者之间的距离，邀请他们成为负责捍卫他人权利的prójimos(隐喻邻居)。对这一过程的分析强调了经济、叙事和社会阻力是如何相互关联的。它还表明，正如边缘化和压迫在它们所基于的因素交叉时复合一样，当抵抗也是多方面和交叉的，在各个方面制定以重新配置态度并朝着更具包容性的社会努力时，抵抗是最有效的。
{"title":"From Próximos to Prójimos: Discursive Redlining, Autoconstruction, and Crossing in Estação terminal and Angosta","authors":"Jordan Jones","doi":"10.1353/hpn.2023.0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/hpn.2023.0006","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Against the backdrop of extreme social and economic inequality exacerbated by discriminatory real estate processes like redlining, many Latin Americans turn to autoconstruction—a long-term process of gradually expanding and improving their homes to boost their standing in society. This article compares the novels Estação terminal (2010), by Brazilian author Sacolinha, and Angosta (2003), by Colombian writer Héctor Abad Faciolince, to examine how redlining and autoconstruction operate on both economic and discursive levels. In the face of stereotypes that vilify socially peripheral groups, Sacolinha and Abad employ discursive autoconstruction—building up positive images of social “others” to countervail marginalization and assert a creative right to the city (Beal). Portraying characters who transgress borders both literal and figurative, the texts bridge the distance between characters and readers, inviting them to become prójimos (metaphorical neighbors) charged with defending the rights of others. Analyzing this process underscores how economic, narrative, and social resistance can interrelate. It also demonstrates that, just as marginalization and oppression compound when the factors on which they are based intersect, resistance is most effective when it too is multifaceted and intersectional, enacted on various fronts to reconfigure attitudes and work toward a more inclusive society.","PeriodicalId":51796,"journal":{"name":"Hispania-A Journal Devoted To the Teaching of Spanish and Portuguese","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45168216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Amigos de la comunidad: Curso de aprendizaje-servicio en español by Julia O. Rajan (review)","authors":"M. Novella","doi":"10.1353/hpn.2023.0024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/hpn.2023.0024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51796,"journal":{"name":"Hispania-A Journal Devoted To the Teaching of Spanish and Portuguese","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46570886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"El policial argentino en el período clásico (1930–1960) entre Sur y el peronismo: Modelos narrativos, tensiones y debates culturales ed. by Román Setton y Gerardo Pignatiello (review)","authors":"Osvaldo Di Paolo Harrison","doi":"10.1353/hpn.2023.0019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/hpn.2023.0019","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51796,"journal":{"name":"Hispania-A Journal Devoted To the Teaching of Spanish and Portuguese","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42148535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:Interacting with native speakers in various types of virtual exchanges is becoming increasingly accessible for language learners and teachers around the world. The present study examined the experiences of beginning and intermediate level learners of Spanish in the United States as they interacted weekly with native Spanish speakers over the course of three academic years. Students were assigned to face-to-face settings or one of a variety of virtual exchange platforms including both free and paid services. The unique opportunities created by the structure and features of each setting whether face-to-face or online did seem to have an effect on the students’ experiences and were visible in the data analysis. Results indicate that students’ gender and the context in which they interacted with native Spanish speakers were related to greater or lesser changes in students’ motivation, willingness to communicate and perceived learning. Additionally, engaging with a paid interlocutor in a setting with few technological issues seemed to improve outcomes.
{"title":"Virtual Language Exchanges in Lower-level Language Classes: Promise and Practice","authors":"Rob A. Martinsen, Greg L. Thompson","doi":"10.1353/hpn.2023.0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/hpn.2023.0007","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Interacting with native speakers in various types of virtual exchanges is becoming increasingly accessible for language learners and teachers around the world. The present study examined the experiences of beginning and intermediate level learners of Spanish in the United States as they interacted weekly with native Spanish speakers over the course of three academic years. Students were assigned to face-to-face settings or one of a variety of virtual exchange platforms including both free and paid services. The unique opportunities created by the structure and features of each setting whether face-to-face or online did seem to have an effect on the students’ experiences and were visible in the data analysis. Results indicate that students’ gender and the context in which they interacted with native Spanish speakers were related to greater or lesser changes in students’ motivation, willingness to communicate and perceived learning. Additionally, engaging with a paid interlocutor in a setting with few technological issues seemed to improve outcomes.","PeriodicalId":51796,"journal":{"name":"Hispania-A Journal Devoted To the Teaching of Spanish and Portuguese","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66324871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pedro Lemebel, belleza indómita ed. by Luciano Martínez","authors":"M. Muñiz","doi":"10.1353/hpn.2023.0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/hpn.2023.0013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51796,"journal":{"name":"Hispania-A Journal Devoted To the Teaching of Spanish and Portuguese","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43029074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Barcelona, City of Margins by Olga Sendra Ferrer (review)","authors":"Sandra Ortiz-València","doi":"10.1353/hpn.2023.0018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/hpn.2023.0018","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51796,"journal":{"name":"Hispania-A Journal Devoted To the Teaching of Spanish and Portuguese","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47542857","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Morir en Isla Vista. Novela del Destierro by Víctor Fuentes (review)","authors":"Erick Dickey","doi":"10.1353/hpn.2023.0027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/hpn.2023.0027","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51796,"journal":{"name":"Hispania-A Journal Devoted To the Teaching of Spanish and Portuguese","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47962833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"La diversidad del español y su enseñanza ed. by Natividad Hernández Muñoz, Javier Muñoz-Basols y Carlos Soler Montes (review)","authors":"Amàlia Llombart-Huesca","doi":"10.1353/hpn.2023.0023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/hpn.2023.0023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51796,"journal":{"name":"Hispania-A Journal Devoted To the Teaching of Spanish and Portuguese","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46649250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Curriculum Design and Praxis in Language Teaching: A Globally Informed Approach ed. by Fernanda Carra-Salsberg, Maria Figueredo and Mihyon Jeon (review)","authors":"Emily Spinelli","doi":"10.1353/hpn.2023.0021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/hpn.2023.0021","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51796,"journal":{"name":"Hispania-A Journal Devoted To the Teaching of Spanish and Portuguese","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43002084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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