A produção da vogal átona final /e/ em português brasileiro (L1) e espanhol (L2) – um estudo exploratório

Bruna da Rosa de Los Santos; Ubiratã Kickhöfel Alves

doi:10.12957/matraga.2017.28550

The production of unstressed word-final /e/ in Brazilian Portuguese (L1) and Spanish (L2) – an exploratory study

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Bruna da Rosa de Los Santos Universidade Federal do Rio Grande
Ubiratã Kickhöfel Alves Universidade Federal do Rio Grande

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https://doi.org/10.12957/matraga.2017.28550

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bilingualism, Spanish (L2), cognate status, L2 experience, vowel production.

Abstract

This article presents the results of an experiment on the production of Spanish (L2) word-final /e/ by Southern Brazilian learners. We aimed to the test the effects of two variables, i.e., cognate status and L2 experience in a formal teaching context (Group A: three years of study; Group B: between four and six years of study). The production of the final vowels of the target words, inserted in carrier sentences, were analyzed acoustically. The results showed an effect of language, which indicates that Spanish learners distinguish between the unstressed vowel /e/ in Portuguese and Spanish in terms of height and frontness/backness. However, no effect was found for cognate status and L2 experience. These results raise a discussion on the role of the cognate status variable in the oral productions of more experienced learners.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12957/matraga.2017.28550

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Bruna da Rosa de Los Santos, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande

Mestranda do curso de Pós-graduação em Letras da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Área de concentração: Psicolinguística.

Ubiratã Kickhöfel Alves, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande

Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Pesquisador do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq).

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2017-07-14

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DE LOS SANTOS, Bruna da Rosa; ALVES, Ubiratã Kickhöfel. The production of unstressed word-final /e/ in Brazilian Portuguese (L1) and Spanish (L2) – an exploratory study. MATRAGA - Journal published by the Graduate Program in Letters at Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, v. 24, n. 41, p. 478–496, 2017. DOI: 10.12957/matraga.2017.28550. Disponível em: https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/matraga/article/view/28550. Acesso em: 23 sep. 2025.

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Vol. 24 No. 41 (2017): Language Acquisition

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