Coda-final consonant deletion has been extensively documented in Eastern Andalusian Spanish; however, its effects on neighbouring segments is still unknown. Scholars working on consonant deletion in Eastern Andalusian Spanish have mainly focused on /s/, given the semantic importance of this consonant in Spanish. As a result, other consonants which are often deleted syllable-finally in this geolect have been studied to a much lesser degree. The present paper aims to expand the traditional view on vowel doubling by analysing /s/, /-r/ and /-Ɵ/ deletion before /a/. Firstly, the speech of 24 speakers from El Ejido (Eastern Andalusia) is analysed to ascertain how the deletion of word final /s/, /r/, and /Ɵ/ changes the quality of a preceding /a/. Secondly, a perception test is carried out with native speakers from the local area to confirm whether these speakers can differentiate perceptually between word-final /a/ and /a/ preceding underlying /-s/, /-r/, or /Ɵ/. This paper presents two main conclusions: 1) /-s/, /-r/, and /-Ɵ/ deletion changes the quality of a preceding /a/ to different degrees; 2) EAS speakers can identify whether /a/ is followed or not by an underlying /-s/, /-r/, or /-Ɵ/, but they cannot identify which consonant has been deleted in each case. Disciplines Arts and Humanities | Law Publication Details Herrero de Haro, A. (2017). Four low central vowels in Eastern Andalusian Spanish: /a/ before underlying /s/, /-r/, and /-θ/ in El Ejido. Dialectologia et Geolinguistica, 25 (1), 23-50. This journal article is available at Research Online: http://ro.uow.edu.au/lhapapers/3326 DiG 25 (2017), 23–50 DOI 10.1515/dialect-2017-0002 Four low central vowels in Eastern Andalusian Spanish: /a/ before underlying /-s/, /-r/, and /Alfredo Herrero de Haro

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东部安达卢西亚西班牙语中的四个低中心元音：/ a /，位于下方的/ -s /，/-r /和/-θ/之前

Coda-final辅音的删除已在安达卢西亚东部西班牙语中得到了广泛的记录。但是，其对相邻段的影响仍然未知。鉴于安达卢西亚东部西班牙语中辅音删除的研究人员主要关注/ s /，因为该辅音在西班牙语中具有语义重要性。结果，在这种地理学中经常被音节最终删除的其他辅音的研究程度要小得多。本文旨在通过分析/ a /之前的/ s /，/-r /和/-Ɵ/删除来扩展传统的元音加倍视图。首先，分析了来自El Ejido（东部安大路西亚）的24位发言人的讲话，以确定删除final / s /，/ r /和/，/词如何改变前一个/ a /的质量。其次，对来自本地的母语人士进行了感知测试，以确认这些说话者是否可以在词尾/ a /和/ a /之前的基础/ -s /，/-r /或/Ɵ/之间进行感知区分。本文提出两个主要结论：1）/ -s /，/-r /和/-Ɵ/删除会在不同程度上改变前一个/ a /的质量；2）EAS说话者可以识别/ a /后面是否跟有基础的/ -s /，/-r /或/-Ɵ/，但是他们无法识别在每种情况下删除了哪个辅音。学科艺术与人文| 法律出版物详细信息Herrero de Haro，A.（2017）。东部安达卢西亚西班牙语中的四个低中心元音：/ a /，位于El Ejido中的/ s /，/-r /和/-θ/之前。Dialectologia et Geolinguistica，25（1），23-50。该期刊文章可从Research Online：http：//ro.uow.edu获得。