BIO

My name is Richard de la Rosa, I am a finance major from Fort Lauderdale, FL. I am a freshman here at FSU. UROP has been a wonderful experience over the past year and I am thrilled to present my reseach mentor and I's results.

Intonation patterns in the Spanish in Pasto, Colombia

Abstract

Spanish is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world. More than 486 million people speak it. But not everybody speaks Spanish the same way. There are numerous distinct Spanish dialects due to factors including location, distance, and culture. The dialects of Pasto, Colombia, are the main subject of this study. The purpose of the research is to examine distinctive acoustic characteristics and comprehend the parallels and discrepancies between Spanish that is derived from Andean and Quechua. In this poster, the results form 80 sentences from a native speaker of Spanish are analyzed using the software Praat and intonation tags based on the AutoSegmental-Metrical Model (Pierrehumbert, 1980; Beckman et al., 2002) and the Sp_ToBI labeling system (Face & Prieto Vives, 2007: Estebas Vilaplana & Prieto Vives, 2008; Hualde & Prieto Vives, 2016). Among the goals of this research is to expand the collection of intonation patterns in Andean Spanish. This poster also seeks to highlight the importance of Pasto's linguistic diversity and promote its appreciation as a cultural resource and academic value on the Spanish language landscape in Colombia.

Keywords: Spanish, Intonation, Colombia