Abstract

MENDOZA VAZQUEZ, Erika. Intonation patterns of statements in the spanish of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas. Nueva rev. filol. hisp. [online]. 2019, vol.67, n.1, pp.41-76. ISSN 2448-6558.  https://doi.org/10.24201/nrfh.v67i1.3464.

The main objective of this paper is to describe the tonal configurations of the assertive statements in the Spanish of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas. The analysis integrates three data sources: formal, semi-spontaneous and spontaneous. The findings show: i) the nuclear pitch accent L+(¡)H*, favoured by men and by the spontaneous style, and ii) the early alignment of the first tonal peak, favoured by the adult age group and those with a low level of instruction. By offering a sociolinguistic and geolinguistic description of this variety this paper seeks to provide new data in the field of prosodic dialectology in Mexico.

Keywords : prosody; broad focus statements; early-peak alignment; nuclear pitch accent; Mexican Spanish.