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SML1019 SPANISH SEMINAR 1. SOUNDS OF SPANISH

1. Vowels

Table 2. Spanish Consonants



Fric. voiced

The semivowels in Spanish are [j] (tiene, rey) and [w] (agua, Europa) Appr.

[t] pata

[k] pico

[b] amboss

[d] lindo

[g] vengo

[f] café [β] lobo

[θ] caza

[s] casa

[ð] cada

[z] mismo

[x] caja [ʝ] ayer

[ɣ] lago

[n] cana

[ɲ] caña

[ŋ] tengo

[l] cala

[ʎ] calla

[ ɹ] Israel

voiced

Exercise 2. Give a phonetic specification of these sounds. Exercise 3. In which of the words below are /i/ or /u/ realized as semivowels? guante pie estáis hacia hacía continuo continúo veinte púa puerto reúne lío rió ruido

voiceless

[t ʃ ] chico

voiced

[dʒ] ya

Affr. [m] cama

Nasal Lat. voiced

Velar

[p] capa

voiceless 2. Semivowels

Palatal

voiced

Palato-Alveolar

Stop

Alveolar

Exercise 1. Classify these vowels using the criteria you have learned in the lecture.

Dental

voiceless

Labiodental

Spanish vowels are high, mid, or low; front, central or back vowel. Spanish has five vowel sounds: piso peso paso poso puso

Bilabial

 

[ɱ] ninfa

Tap

[ ɾ] caro

Trill

[r] carro

Exercise 4. For each of the words below, state the place of articulation of the sound corresponding to the letter(s) in bold (and give the phonetic symbol): corte agobi o

mes a ratón

pavo

agrio

gafa s

manopl a

panameñ o hinoxo

llan o cod o

Course website: http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/i.e.mackenzie/index.html

hacha ahorr o

Exercise 5. (Manner of Articulation) (a) Spanish has four non-lateral oral consonants at the dental place of articulation: [t, d, θ, ð]. Explain how each one differs in its articulatory properties from the other four. (b) Explain the difference between a trill and a tap. (c) What is meant by the term ‘nasal consonant’? (d) How does [ɲ] differ in its articulation from [ʎ]?

Further reading Bradley, Peter T. & Mackenzie, Ian. 2004. Spanish: an essential grammar. London: Routledge. (Chapter 1) Mackenzie, I.E. 2001. A Linguistic Introduction to Spanish. Munich: Lincom Europa. Macpherson, I.R. 1975. Spanish Phonology, Descriptive and Historical. Manchester: Manchester University Press. Navarro Tomás, Tomás. 1968. Manual de pronunciación española (14th ed.). Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Quilis, Antonio, & Fernández, Joseph H. 1996. Curso de fonética y fonología españolas (15th ed.). Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

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