Between phonology and typology: Consonant duration in two Gallo-Italian dialects

Lorenzo Filipponio; Davide Garassino; Dalila Dipino

doi:10.17469/O2106AISV000016

Authors

Lorenzo Filipponio Institut für Romanistik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Davide Garassino Romanisches Seminar, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Dalila Dipino Romanisches Seminar, University of Zurich, Switzerland dalila.dipino@uzh.chRomanisches Seminar, University of Zurich, Switzerland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9591-2111

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17469/O2106AISV000016

Keywords:

consonant duration, northern Italo-Romance, dialectology, phonology, typology

Abstract

Segmental correspondences are sometimes due to completely different factors. We exemplify this claim by considering the allophonic gemination of post-stress consonants in Bologna and Porto Maurizio dialects, two varieties which display contrastive vowel length. After the experimental confirmation of vowel length contrasts and the existence of differences in the duration of the post-stress consonants, we qualitatively analyze intensity contours. Despite similar duration values, in light of different intensity patterns and rhythm accounts, we hypothesize that post-stress gemination derives from close contact in Bolognese, due to a stronger compensative pattern, while it is residual or due to the pressure of standard Italian in Portorino.