Brazilian Portuguese nasal vowels and their acoustic moments: Reflections on the phonological status

The present study aims to investigate the vocalic nasality of Brazilian Portuguese from the observation of the acoustic moments that constitute the BP nasal vowels. Five hundred ninety-eight instances were analyzed from five Florianopolitano speakers. Data collection included a test for eliciting t...

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Main Authors: Bruna Teixeira Correa, Giovana Ferreira Gonçalves, Izabel Christine Seara
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Language:Catalan
Published: Universitat de Barcelona 2022-07-01
Series:Estudios de Fonética Experimental
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Online Access:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/experimentalphonetics/article/view/43993
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author Bruna Teixeira Correa
Giovana Ferreira Gonçalves
Izabel Christine Seara
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description The present study aims to investigate the vocalic nasality of Brazilian Portuguese from the observation of the acoustic moments that constitute the BP nasal vowels. Five hundred ninety-eight instances were analyzed from five Florianopolitano speakers. Data collection included a test for eliciting trisyllable pseudowords in a carrier phrase in which the nasal and oral vowels were presented in unstressed and stressed syllables and followed by plosive and fricative consonants. Data analysis relied on the acoustic signal from oral and nasal microphones. Results showed that the acoustic moments that constitute the nasal vowels seem to support the monophonemic phonological status for the nasal vowels in Brazilian Portuguese.
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spelling doaj-art-1697a896fd594f9a84ee71db3b19b5112025-08-20T01:59:00ZcatUniversitat de BarcelonaEstudios de Fonética Experimental1575-55332385-35732022-07-0131Brazilian Portuguese nasal vowels and their acoustic moments: Reflections on the phonological statusBruna Teixeira CorreaGiovana Ferreira GonçalvesIzabel Christine Seara The present study aims to investigate the vocalic nasality of Brazilian Portuguese from the observation of the acoustic moments that constitute the BP nasal vowels. Five hundred ninety-eight instances were analyzed from five Florianopolitano speakers. Data collection included a test for eliciting trisyllable pseudowords in a carrier phrase in which the nasal and oral vowels were presented in unstressed and stressed syllables and followed by plosive and fricative consonants. Data analysis relied on the acoustic signal from oral and nasal microphones. Results showed that the acoustic moments that constitute the nasal vowels seem to support the monophonemic phonological status for the nasal vowels in Brazilian Portuguese. http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/experimentalphonetics/article/view/43993Vowel nasalityBrazilian PortugueseAcoustic momentsPhonological status
spellingShingle Bruna Teixeira Correa
Giovana Ferreira Gonçalves
Izabel Christine Seara
Brazilian Portuguese nasal vowels and their acoustic moments: Reflections on the phonological status
Estudios de Fonética Experimental
Vowel nasality
Brazilian Portuguese
Acoustic moments
Phonological status
title Brazilian Portuguese nasal vowels and their acoustic moments: Reflections on the phonological status
title_full Brazilian Portuguese nasal vowels and their acoustic moments: Reflections on the phonological status
title_fullStr Brazilian Portuguese nasal vowels and their acoustic moments: Reflections on the phonological status
title_full_unstemmed Brazilian Portuguese nasal vowels and their acoustic moments: Reflections on the phonological status
title_short Brazilian Portuguese nasal vowels and their acoustic moments: Reflections on the phonological status
title_sort brazilian portuguese nasal vowels and their acoustic moments reflections on the phonological status
topic Vowel nasality
Brazilian Portuguese
Acoustic moments
Phonological status
url http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/experimentalphonetics/article/view/43993
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