INVESTIGADORES
GURLEKIAN Jorge Alberto
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
A Laboratory Analysis of Suprasegmental Features in Normal and Pathological Speech of Buenos Aires Spanish According to the Theory of Phonology as Human Behavior.
Autor/es:
ENBE, C., GURLEKIAN, J. AND TOBIN, Y.
Lugar:
Indiana. EEUU
Reunión:
Congreso; Laboratory Approaches to Spanish Phonetics and Phonology; 2004
Institución organizadora:
Bloomington University
Resumen:
The goal of this study is: (a)     To compare normal speech (NS) and pathological speech (PS) of the Buenos Aires Spanish variant (BAS) and show the variations between conditions if there is any. (b)     To discover whether the differences observed  (Colantoni and Gurlekian, 2002, 2004) between Argentine Spanish and  the henceforth called “classical description”, (Navarro Tomas al, 19xx; Sosa, 19xx) extends to several other conditions presented here. In particular, we will compare and contrast the prosodic patterns of declarative sentences, wh- questions and exclamatory sentences of men, women and children of different ages for both NS and PS. We will also analyse the results according to the theory of Phonology as Human Behavior (PHB) (Diver 1979, 1995, Tobin 1995, 1997a). The theory is derived from the functional semiotic definition of language as a sign system used by human beings to communicate.  The fundamental axiom underlying the theory is that language in general, and phonetics and phonology in particular, represent a constant and on-going efficiency tradeoff for maximum communication (the communication factor) with minimal effort (the human factor) (Tobin 1990).