Abstract
In this work the relation between the perception of /s/ and /t/ of Spanishand a series of acoustic parameters are analyzed (duration of segment, frequencyof the beginning of the fricative, medium intensity, frequency ofmaximum intensity, maximum intensity, and the center of gravity) in twovarieties of the Spanish spoken in the province of Malaga: 1) a rural varietycharacterized by the undistinction of a couple of fricatives typical ofthe standard Spanish, 2) an urban variety that is convergent to the nationalstandard, in which the disinction is introduced. The information obtainedindicates that the intensity takes up an important role in the regular discriminationof one or another sound among urban speakers, and in thestrategies that the rural speakers employs, with a reducing pattern of regularrealization, when they prefer to articulate the not matt sound.Nueva Revista de Filología Hispánica (1947-), volume 66, 2, July-December 2018, is a semi-annual publication edited by El Colegio de México, Carretera Picacho Ajusco 20, Ampliación Fuentes del Pedregal, Tlalpan, C.P. 14110, Mexico City, Mexico, Tel. (55) 5449-3000, http://nrfh.colmex.mx/index.php/NRFH, nrfh@colmex.mx. Editor: Pedro Martín Butragueño. Assistant editors: Alejandro Rivas and Jesus Jorge Valenzuela. All Rights Reserved: 04-2015-070112341900-203, ISSN (print): 0185-0121, ISSN (electronic): 2448-6558, as registered with the National Copyright Institute. Typographical composition: El Atril Tipográfico. Person in charge of updating this issue: Perla Reyna Muñoz; date of last update: June 26, 2018.
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