Social processes and the nature of language variation have driven
sibilant variation across the Spanish-speaking world. This book
explores the current state of Spanish sibilants and their dialectal
variations. Focusing on different processes undergone by sibilants
in Spanish (e.g., voicing, devoicing, weakening, aspiration,
elision) in various geographical areas and language contact
situations, each chapter offers an analysis on a unique
sociolinguistic case from different formal, experimental, and
data-based approaches. The opening chapter orients the reader with
an overview of sibilant system's evolution, which serves as an
anchor to the other chapters and facilitates understanding for
readers new to the topic. The volume is organized around three
thematic sections: part one, Spain; part two, United States; and
part three, Central and South America. The collection includes
research on dialects in both Peninsular and Trans-Atlantic Spanish
such as Jerezano, Caribbean Spanish in Boston and New York City,
Cuban Spanish in Miami, Colombia-Barranquilla Spanish, northern
Buenos Aires Argentine Spanish, and USA heritage Spanish, among
other case studies. This volume offers an original and concise
approach to one of the most studied variables in Spanish phonetics,
taking into account geographically-based phonetic variation,
sociolinguistic factors, and various Spanish language contact
situations. Written in English, this detailed synthesis of the
wide-ranging geolinguistic features of Spanish sibilants provides a
valuable resource for scholars in Hispanic studies, linguistics,
Spanish dialectology and sociolinguistics.
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