Vowel Shifting as a Marker of Social Identity in the Portuguese Dialect of Nordeste, São Miguel (Azores).

Examines the pronunciation of stressed vowels in São Miguel Portuguese by extending a Labovian quantitative analysis to the observed variation between non-shifted and shifted forms in the entire vowel space. Comparison of the stressed vowels of São Miguel Portuguese and standard European Portuguese...

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Published in:	Luso-Brazilian Review Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 1 - 21
Main Author:	Silva, David J.
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Wisconsin Press 2005
Subjects:	Phonology Portuguese language Quantitative research Vowels Phonetics São Miguel Island (Azores)
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