Estudios de Fonética Experimental (Oct 2023)
El VOT de las oclusivas del español en habla emocional simulada
Abstract
The goal in this article is to find out whether VOT (Voice Onset Time) in voiced and voiceless stops in Castilian Spanish varies when different emotional, dialogical situations are compared. We carried out this investigation by creating a poli-functional, simulated dialogue. Ten pairs of female university students in the city of Alicante aged 18-25 years old performed the dialogues in three different situations: joy, anger, and neutrality. After this phase, we analyzed VOT in the three contexts and then compared our values in the neuter form with those obtained in previous studies. Finally, the results obtained from the acoustic analysis in the contexts of neutrality, joy and anger were submitted to statistical analysis with the aim of examining its significance. Our own results show differences with those from previous research on VOT, which are based on the reading of word lists.
