Rhythmic metrics in microdiscourses
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7764/onomazein.21.03Keywords:
Spanish rhythm, rhythmic metrics, syllable-timed languages, control languagesAbstract
Three rhythmic metrics with the purpose of classifying Spanish as a rhythmic
class are calculated: (1) the proportionality of vocalic interval durations in
the ratio to the total duration of the emission,% V, (2) the standard deviation
of vocalic intervals normalized by logarithmic transformation, n log (base
“e”) Delta V and (3) the standard deviation of consonantal intervals also
normalized by logarithmic transformation, n log (base “e”) Delta C. The normalization
controls the variations of “tempo”. A corpus of formal Peninsular
microdiscourses is analyzed emitted by a professional speaker with stay in
Madrid. The results confirm Spanish rhythmic class as syllable-timed and
control language opposed to stress-timed and compensation languages
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