The phonological system of Spanish

Claudia S. Salcedo

United States

Southeastern Louisiana University

Submitted: 2010-10-11

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Accepted: 2010-10-11

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4995/rlyla.2010.769
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Spanish phonology, phonetics, articulation, sounds, dialect

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This research was not funded

Abstract:

Spanish articulatory phonetics, the classification of sounds and the physiological mechanism used in the production of phonemes are discussed in this article. The process of learning a language consists of classifying sounds within the target language. Since the learner may be hearing the utterance in a different way than the native speaker some objective criteria are needed to classify sounds. If these distinctions are not mastered, he may be perceived as sounding awkward. Other phonological processes are applied in informal situations due to socio-linguistic factors such as age, social class, and education. Sound deletion in particular phonological environments are not done randomly by the speaker, but by necessity to retain semantic comprehension. Allophonic choices within phonemes make up the dialect for a particular area.
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