Rhythmic metrics in microdiscourses

Authors

  • Guillermo Toledo Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (Argentina)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7764/onomazein.21.03

Keywords:

Spanish rhythm, rhythmic metrics, syllable-timed languages, control languages

Abstract

Three rhythmic metrics with the purpose of classifying Spanish as a rhythmic

class are calculated: (1) the proportionality of vocalic interval durations in

the ratio to the total duration of the emission,% V, (2) the standard deviation

of vocalic intervals normalized by logarithmic transformation, n log (base

“e”) Delta V and (3) the standard deviation of consonantal intervals also

normalized by logarithmic transformation, n log (base “e”) Delta C. The normalization

controls the variations of “tempo”. A corpus of formal Peninsular

microdiscourses is analyzed emitted by a professional speaker with stay in

Madrid. The results confirm Spanish rhythmic class as syllable-timed and

control language opposed to stress-timed and compensation languages

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2010-06-30 — Updated on 2010-06-30

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Toledo, G. . (2010). Rhythmic metrics in microdiscourses. Onomázein, (21), 71–95. https://doi.org/10.7764/onomazein.21.03

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No. 21 (2010): Junio

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