Vocales en contexto: Un estudio acústico sobre el español uruguayo

Imran Hossain; Coline Michel; Johanna Rivera; Solange Rossato

doi:10.1344/efe-2025-34-77-112

Vocales en contexto: Un estudio acústico sobre el español uruguayo

Imran Hossain, Coline Michel, Johanna Rivera, Solange Rossato

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The aim of this study was to acoustically analyze the vowels of Uruguayan Spanish. A total of 27 native speakers of Uruguayan Spanish participated in the study, reading pseudowords in carrier sentences. The results indicate that vowels are characterized by specific values of the first two formants. Additionally, they exhibit intrinsic duration, intensity, and fundamental frequency values, which help distinguish different vowel categories to some extent. Notably, these acoustic vowel parameters are not invariantbut are influenced by linguistic factors such as consonantal environment, lexical stress, and sentence context, as well as by the speakers’gender. These findings contribute to a better understanding of the vowel system characteristics in Uruguayan Spanish.

Original language	Spanish (Uruguay)
Pages	77-112
Number of pages	36
Volume	34
Specialist publication	Estudios de Fonetica Experimental
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1344/efe-2025-34-77-112
State	Published - 24 Mar 2025

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