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

The current study examines the production of the Spanish trill by advanced second
language (L2) learners using a variationist approach. Findings indicate that learners …

The “hyper-variation” present in rhotic sounds makes them particularly apt for sociophonetic
research. This paper investigates the variable realization of the voiced alveolar-trill …

El objetivo de este estudio es presentar una caracterización acústica de las consonantes
róticas prepausales realizadas con un único componente fricativo en español peninsular …

This chapter briefly outlines some of the main methodological approaches to studying usage‐
based linguistics, their development over time, and current issues in the field. To achieve the …

The present study investigates the Spanish voiced alveolar tap and trill with twentyfour
bilingual Spanish-Kaqchikel speakers from the greater region of Antigua, Guatemala. The …

This work examines the behavior of vibrant (presenting linguo-alveolar contact) tap/trill
variation across generations of bilingual Afro-Caribbean speakers of Spanish and an …

This study examines the segmental duration of non-vibrant rhotics in a language contact
scenario in the Western Caribbean, where an English-based Creole coexists with Spanish …

Sociolinguistic research in the quantitative paradigm often relies on speech samples taken
from informal interviews and semi‐formal conversations, with the aim of tracing language …

The field of second language phonology has typically focused on the effect of the native
language at the level of phonetic categories, with the implicit assumption being that the …