Spanish intonation spoken by Brazilians: modeling with Bentatrainer2

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https://doi.org/10.22481/el.v17i2.5341

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Intonation modeling; Spanish as a Foreign Language; PENTATrainer2.

Abstract

The aim of this study is to analyze the Spanish intonation spoken as a foreign language by Brazilians (SFL). To do so we analyzed three communicative functions that are transmitted by intonation, namely prominence, boundary and modality (declaratives, yes-no questions and wh-questions). We analyzed parallel production in two different speaking styles: reading isolated sentences and reading a text (narrative). We compared the data in SFL with same production of Spanish speakers. We analyzed the intonation with PENTATrainer2, an automatic tool that permitted to evaluate the power of synthesis of F0 contours in SFL and Spanish as a Mother Tongue, in both speaking styles studied. Results show that accuracy of the modeling is similar to what Barbosa (2016) has found for data in Brazilian Portuguese (BP) as compared to European Portuguese (EP).

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Author Biography

Cristiane Conceição Silva, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC / Brazil)

Cristiane Conceição Silva holds a PhD in Linguistics from UNICAMP and a Master's Degree in Linguistics (Acquisition of Language) from USP and a Specialization in Phonics and Phonology from Spanish held in Madrid by the Superior Center for Scientific Research and Menéndez Pelayo University. Has experience in the area of Linguistics, with emphasis on Acquisition of First and Second Languages. Currently, she is an assistant professor in the Department of Literature and Foreign Literature of the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). He works in the field of experimental phonetics and develops research on the prosody of Spanish spoken as a foreign language by Brazilian apprentices.

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Published

2019-06-30

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SILVA, C. C. Spanish intonation spoken by Brazilians: modeling with Bentatrainer2. Language Studies, [S. l.], v. 17, n. 2, p. 135-158, 2019. DOI: 10.22481/el.v17i2.5341. Disponível em: https://periodicos2.uesb.br/index.php/estudosdalinguagem/article/view/5341. Acesso em: 22 jul. 2024.

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Vol. 17 No. 2 (2019): Estudos da Língua(gem) - ISSN: 1982-0534

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