Abstract
This chapter presents data from two phenomena involving vowel systems in Andean Spanish. The first is the contact between the five-vowel system of Spanish and the three-vowel system of Quechua, which results in a wide range of restructuring of vowel spaces, partial mergers, and emergent vowel harmony traits among Quichua-Spanish bilinguals. The second process is the reduction (devoicing and shortening) of atonic vowels, particularly in contact with /s/.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | The Routledge Handbook of Variationist Approaches to Spanish |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
| Pages | 23-35 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780429577956 |
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| State | Published - Jan 1 2021 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Arts and Humanities
- General Social Sciences