The natural tendency for language variation, intensified by Spanish's territorial growth, has
driven sibilant changes and mergers across the Spanish-speaking world. This article aims to …

Abstract In Andalusian Spanish, there is a well-documented sound change in which pre-has
become post-aspiration in sequences of/s/followed by voiceless stops. Here we investigate …

The current study investigates the representational status of [Ch] sequences in Sevillian
Spanish. Like many Spanish varieties, Sevillian debuccalizes coda/s/to [h](/sC/→[hC]) …

This dissertation investigates the interaction between phonetic change, representational
change, and contrast formation. Sound changes do not usually affect the number of …

Eastern Andalusian Spanish (henceforth EAS), is spoken in the east of Andalusia, the
southernmost autonomous region of Spain. EAS is most similar to Western Andalusian …

Politicians construct identity, reach supporters, and show their stance toward issues and
colleagues through language. This study examines intervocalic/d/and coda/s/elision in the …

The deletion of syllable-final consonants in Eastern Andalusian Spanish has been
extensively documented; however, there is no consensus about its effect on neighbouring …

Syllable-final consonant deletion has been widely documented in Eastern Andalusian
Spanish, although the effects of consonant deletion on preceding vowels are still unknown …

I examine Peninsular Spanish politicians' use of performative style, a sociolinguistic variable
permitting identity formation, using a sociophonetic approach. While all speakers style-shift …

Vowel harmony refers to the phonological phenomenon that requires vowels in certain
morphological or prosodic domains to agree in specific phonological features. This chapter …