2025/02/11 by Karolina Broś · 2 voices · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Psychology · Arts and Humanities · #Linguistic Variation and Morphology #Phonetics and Phonology Research #Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies
paper · doi:10.16995/labphon.10557
openalex publication_date 2025/02/11 · openalex created_date 2025/02/12 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
In this paper, I look at Canary Islands Spanish /p b/ lenition from a comparative perspective by examining the speech of the same participants produced on different occasions and under different circumstances: A field experiment consisting of reading sentences, self-recorded reproductions of the same sentences, self-recorded monologues and instant messaging app recordings of spontaneous speech. The aim of the study was to test the viability of unguided self-recordings as samples used to study stop weakening and to find out whether the use of such a method helps minimize the observer’s paradox to arrive at more naturalistic speech. The results of the study support the viability of self-recordings as a data collection method. In addition, the findings also show that while data collection via self-recordings poses some challenges, it also helps gather more naturalistic productions in the spontaneous monologue condition. The data lead to the conclusion that there is an interplay between task type and recording method, with the former playing a key role in changing speech styles and pronunciation patterns of Canarian Spanish speakers.