Abstract

This article deals with the metalinguistic knowledge of Jerezano speakers about the phonetic variation within the Andalusian dialectal continuum, applying the perceptual variety linguistics. In particular, we investigate the metalinguistic knowledge about a possible phonic norm in western Andalusia that presumably diverges from the national standard of Peninsular Spanish. Methodologically, we distinguish between representations based on concrete perceptions and metalinguistic representations, in order to know if there are divergences between permanent metalinguistic knowledge and knowledge based on direct perceptions: both results show a clear division between a ceceante (Jerez and rural western Andalusia) and another seseante zone (the capital of Seville and the other provincial capitals of western Andalusia). Consequently, the speakers themselves believe in the non-existence of a Sevillian norm based on seseo for the community of speech analyzed. This metalinguistic knowledge strengthens more recent socio-phonic data on the speech community of Jerez. Therefore, the successful combination of the perspectives of linguists and the speakers themselves constitutes a very promising methodological triangulation for the phonetic-phonological research of the Hispanic varieties in general.

Highlights

  • THE RESEARCH OF PHONIC CHARACTERISTICS IN THE SPEECH COMMUNITY OF JEREZ DE LA FRONTERAIn Hispanic linguistics, it is agreed that the different Andalusian varieties are among the best investigated within the Hispanic dialects (Congosto Martín, 2009, p. 85), especially with respect to their phonetic-phonological characteristics

  • For the investigation of the Andalusian varieties from the perspective of the perceptual variety linguistics we have created a corpus based on a direct survey that is divided into two parts

  • The first part of our contribution focuses on the associations that arise between the respondents about the Andalusian varieties and various phonetic features: here, we distinguish between the metalinguistic knowledge, which is demonstrated in mental maps, and the linguistic attitudes of the respondents

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INTRODUCTION

THE RESEARCH OF PHONIC CHARACTERISTICS IN THE SPEECH COMMUNITY OF JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA. The results of the two most recent studies on the Jerezano variety deny by tendency the old data of Carbonero Cano et al (1992) on phonological neutralization in Jerez, and a regional standard of Sevillian origin for the local speech community: the data indicate that Jerezano speakers tend to perform ceceo or, especially, university-educated speakers, to maintain the distinction between /s/ and /θ/ of the national standard of peninsular Spanish. Perceptual variety linguistics: Jerezano speakers’ concepts and perceptions of phonetic variation in western Andalusian Spanish 3 tics We think that their contributions can help us to clarify the somewhat contradictory results of the descriptive studies about the Jerezano speech community. We will explain the methodical basis of this article and offer both the analysis and the discussion of the results of the research

PERCEPTUAL VARIETY LINGUISTICS
Methodology
Abstract cognitive representations of the phonic variation
Concrete perceptions of the phonic variation
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS
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