Model
Digital Document
Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Description
Selected segmental phonemes of the Spanish of the city and canton
of Liberia, in Guanacaste, Costa Rica, are described and analyzed on
articulatory criteria. Tabulation of frequencies of occurrence of principle
allophones of each phoneme show the rural and urban speech of this
area to be similar in all but one feature, the pronunciation of /tr/.
A comparison of the Spanish of Liberia with published data on the Spanish of nearby Nicaragua and the socially and politically influential
Valle Central of Costa Rica shows the sharing of important phonological
features with the speech of these two areas.
of Liberia, in Guanacaste, Costa Rica, are described and analyzed on
articulatory criteria. Tabulation of frequencies of occurrence of principle
allophones of each phoneme show the rural and urban speech of this
area to be similar in all but one feature, the pronunciation of /tr/.
A comparison of the Spanish of Liberia with published data on the Spanish of nearby Nicaragua and the socially and politically influential
Valle Central of Costa Rica shows the sharing of important phonological
features with the speech of these two areas.
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