An Analysis of the Fundamental Frequency of Costa Rican Immigrants in Chile Based on WhatsApp Audio Recordings

 

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Autor: Ledezma Rodríguez, Randall
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Status:Versión publicada
Data wydania:2026
Opis: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.  
Kraj:Portal de Revistas UCR
Instytucja:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Język:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.revistas.ucr.ac.cr:article/6948
Dostęp online:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rkanina/article/view/6948
Słowo kluczowe: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