An Analysis of the Fundamental Frequency of Costa Rican Immigrants in Chile Based on WhatsApp Audio Recordings
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| Formaat: | artículo original |
| Status: | Versión publicada |
| Publicatiedatum: | 2026 |
| Omschrijving: | This article analyzes the tonal patterns of Costa Rican immigrants in Chile compared to Chilean and native Costa Rican speakers using WhatsApp audio messages. Immigrants tend to converge towards Chilean prosody in workplace interactions, with a median of 19.06 semitones and a wide tonal range (94.27 Hz to 180.84 Hz). However, they retain aspects of their original prosody when addressing Costa Ricans. The latter exhibit a stable style with less variation (13.84 semitones, 97.07 Hz to 149.34 Hz). The findings highlight the significance of the sociolinguistic context in prosodic adaptation. |
| Land: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Instelling: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Taal: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.revistas.ucr.ac.cr:article/6948 |
| Online toegang: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rkanina/article/view/6948 |
| Keyword: | Prosodic convergence fundamental frequency immigration sociolinguistics linguistic adaptation Convergencia prosódica frecuencia fundamental inmigración sociolingüística adaptación lingüística Convergence prosodique fréquence fondamentale sociolinguistique adaptation linguistique Convergenza prosodica frequenza fondamentale immigrazione sociolinguistica adattamento linguistico |