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  • 17 - Prosodically Conditioned Variation

  • Edited by Rajiv Rao, University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • Book:
    The Phonetics and Phonology of Heritage Languages
    Published online:
    15 February 2024
    Print publication:
    22 February 2024, pp 361-380

  • Summary

    Brazilian Veneto (BV), an understudied variety of Veneto spoken in several areas of Brazil, has only one rhotic phoneme, which has been described as alternating between [r] and [ɾ] (e.g., Frosi & Mioranza, 1983). I investigate whether rhotic variation in BV is conditioned by prosodic factors (i.e., position in the syllable, position in the word, and stress) through an analysis of rhotic duration based on data from a naming task. I hypothesize that stronger prosodic positions yield longer rhotics (i.e., trills). The results overall confirm this hypothesis, with longer rhotics favored in stressed, word-initial singleton onsets. Participants’ productions are also analyzed qualitatively, revealing that rhotic variation involves not only the production of trills and taps, but also approximants and fricatives. Potential effects of contact with Portuguese on BV rhotic variation are discussed.