Abstract

TOLEDO, Guillermo. Métricas rítmicas en discursos peninsulares. Boletin de lingüistica [online]. 2010, vol.22, n.33, pp.88-113. ISSN 0798-9709.

The rhythmic metric variants are observed in diatopic, diastratic and diafasic levels. The productions tend to show controlled or compensated duration. The dialects present greater or smaller durational control or compensation. Control is reflected in smaller segmental reductions, moderate coarticulations and without elisions. Compensation presents a greater segmental reduction, relevant coarticulations and elisions. The higher sociolects would be more controlled than the lower ones. Formality would be more controlled than spontaneity. The segments are vocalic and consonantal intervals. Three rhythmic metrics are calculated to observe these tendencies: the proportionality of vocalic intervals and two normalized standard deviations: that of vocalic and consonantal intervals. Peninsular academic discourses are analyzed. It is compared with the Amper corpus. The results shows more controlled duration in the academic discourses and compensated duration in the Amper materials.  

Keywords : Rhythmic metrics; variants; control and compensation in durations.