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Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese Pronunciation

The Mainstream Pronunciation of Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese, From Sound Segments to Speech Melodies

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Authors:
  1. Antônio Roberto Monteiro Simões

    1. Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Kansas Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Lawrence, KS, USA

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  • Written by a leading specialist in contrastive studies of Spanish and Portuguese
  • Introduces an ideal and fast way to teach and learn Spanish for speakers of Portuguese and vice-versa
  • Includes innovative explanations of intonation, rhythm and stress patterns through musical notation

Part of the book series: Prosody, Phonology and Phonetics (PRPHPH)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxv
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  2. Phonetics and Phonology: The Basics

    • Antônio Roberto Monteiro Simões
    Pages 1-23

  3. The Physics, Articulation, and Perception of Speech Sounds

    • Antônio Roberto Monteiro Simões
    Pages 25-144

  4. Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese: History and Regional Varieties

    • Antônio Roberto Monteiro Simões
    Pages 145-160

  5. Speech Prosody

    • Antônio Roberto Monteiro Simões
    Pages 161-189

  6. The Sound Segments of MSp and MBP

    • Antônio Roberto Monteiro Simões
    Pages 191-224

  7. Spanish and Portuguese Consonants

    • Antônio Roberto Monteiro Simões
    Pages 225-257

  8. Speech Transcriptions: Spanish and Portuguese

    • Antônio Roberto Monteiro Simões
    Pages 259-320

  9. Speech Prosody and Speech Melodies

    • Antônio Roberto Monteiro Simões
    Pages 321-348

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 349-443
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About this book

This book contrasts variations in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation, using as a reference for discussion the mainstream careful speech of news anchors at the national level or the equivalent type of speech: a well-educated style that nonetheless sounds natural. Pursuing an innovative approach, the book uses this view of language as a cornerstone to describe and discuss other social and regional variants relative to that speaking register. It is aimed at speakers of Spanish interested in learning Portuguese and speakers of Portuguese who want to learn Spanish, as well as language specialists interested in bilingualism, heritage languages, in the teaching of typologically similar languages in contrast, and readers with interest in Phonetics and Phonology. The book employs a variety of innovative approaches, especially the reinterpretation of some of the traditional concept in Phonetics, and the use of speech prosodies and speech melodies, a user-friendly strategy to describespeech prosody in languages and speech melody in music through musical notation.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Kansas Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Lawrence, KS, USA

    Antônio Roberto Monteiro Simões

About the author

Professor Simões is a leading specialist in contrastive studies of Portuguese and Spanish. He has published pioneering works in this area, especially the well-known textbook Pois não - Brazilian Portuguese Course for Spanish Speakers, used in language programs across the US and abroad for a varied audience of speakers of Spanish, heritage speakers, and people interested in bilingual studies, among others. Currently, Professor Simões’ research work focuses on the speech prosody of these two languages with an extended interest in other languages.  His method of analysis is based on data collected from speech transcriptions using musical notation of spontaneous speech.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese Pronunciation

  • Book Subtitle: The Mainstream Pronunciation of Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese, From Sound Segments to Speech Melodies

  • Authors: Antônio Roberto Monteiro Simões

  • Series Title: Prosody, Phonology and Phonetics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1996-9

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-1995-2Published: 17 September 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-6657-5Published: 18 September 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-1996-9Published: 16 September 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2197-8700

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-8719

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXV, 443

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Philosophy of Language, Phonology and Phonetics, Romance Languages, Education, general

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