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Selected Works of Avizia Y. Long
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Structural implications of voiced stop weakening: A sociolinguistic analysis of intervocalic /b/ in Caracas speech
New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) Annual Conference (2012)
  • Avizia Y. Long, Indiana University - Bloomington
  • Lisa Baldwin, Indiana University - Bloomington
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Abstract
This study examines the linguistic and extra-linguistic factors influencing variation in the elision of the voiced bilabial stop /b/ in intervocalic position (e.g. estaba ‘to be-1SG-IMP’) by native Spanish speakers of Caracas, Venezuela.
Disciplines
Publication Date
October, 2012
Location
Bloomington, IN
Comments
Poster presentation.
Citation Information
Avizia Y. Long and Lisa Baldwin. "Structural implications of voiced stop weakening: A sociolinguistic analysis of intervocalic /b/ in Caracas speech" New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) Annual Conference (2012)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/avizia-long/55/