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Towards Modeling Second Dialect Speech Learning: The Production Of Bogota [S] In Ciudad Bolivar By Speakers Of Three Different Varieties Of Colombian Spanish, Cenaida Gómez, Jeff Tennant, Yasaman Rafat

French Studies Publications

This study investigates the second dialect production of Bogota Spanish /s/ in coda position by speakers of three different varieties of Colombian Spanish, who have been in contact in Ciudad Bolivar, a community located in Bogota, Colombia. The study has three aims. First, it will examine the role of phonetic distance in the acquisition of /s/ production. Second, it will determine the linguistic factors that constrain the realization of /s/ sound by the speakers of the three varieties studied. Third, it will look into the role of extralinguistic factors in the production of /s/. A total of 2322 tokens extracted …