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https://www.bilketa.eus/ark:/27020/ASJU-9727Jurado, MirariASJU, 97272011-06-06The inventory of Basque sibilants has a different distribution from the one found in Spanish. Whereas Basque holds three sibilant phonemes in its system, represented by <s, z, x>, Spanish holds one sibilant phoneme, represented by <s>. The contact between both languages and the reinterpretation of the Spanish sibilant phoneme in the Basque phonological system has led to a process of neutralization in Basque. However, in widespread Basque dialects as the one from Donostialdea and Bidasoa, where articulatory differences between sibilant phonemes have remained intact throughout the time, there is a lack of consensus on the perception of the Spanish sibilant, as endorsed by Spanish and Latin loanwords which have taken either <s> or <z> in Basque. This paper provides a preliminary acoustic and perceptual characterization of Basque and Spanish sibilants.Acoustically, it describes Basque and Spanish sibilant phonemes in terms of frequency, formants, intensity, centre of gravity and duration. Perceptually, it provides experimental evidence that native Basque speakers are aware of articulatory differences, as assessed by perception tests. Considering the above, the data for the study has been carried out by way of acoustic-spectrographic measurement and statistical analysis. The features traditionally suggested as distinguishing between Basque sibilants are reviewed and the phonetic context that favours the reinterpretation of the Spanish fricative sibilant in the Basque phonological system is brought into light.The inventory of Basque sibilants has a different distribution from the one found in Spanish. Whereas Basque holds three sibilant phonemes in its system, represented by <s, z, x>, Spanish holds one sibilant phoneme, represented by <s>. The contact between both languages and the reinterpretation of the Spanish sibilant phoneme in the Basque phonological system has led to a process of neutralization in Basque. However, in widespread Basque dialects as the one from Donostialdea and Bidasoa, where articulatory differences between sibilant phonemes have remained intact throughout the time, there is a lack of consensus on the perception of the Spanish sibilant, as endorsed by Spanish and Latin loanwords which have taken either <s> or <z> in Basque. This paper provides a preliminary acoustic and perceptual characterization of Basque and Spanish sibilants.Acoustically, it describes Basque and Spanish sibilant phonemes in terms of frequency, formants, intensity, centre of gravity and duration. Perceptually, it provides experimental evidence that native Basque speakers are aware of articulatory differences, as assessed by perception tests. Considering the above, the data for the study has been carried out by way of acoustic-spectrographic measurement and statistical analysis. The features traditionally suggested as distinguishing between Basque sibilants are reviewed and the phonetic context that favours the reinterpretation of the Spanish fricative sibilant in the Basque phonological system is brought into light.El inventario de sibilantes en lengua vasca presenta una distribución diferente de laque presenta la lengua española. Mientras que la primera cuenta en su sistema con tresfonemas sibilantes, representados por las grafías <s, z, x>, la lengua española presenta un único fonema sibilante, representado por la grafía <s>. El contacto entre ambas lenguas y la reinterpretación del fonema sibilante español dentro del sistema de la lengua vasca ha provocado que, en muchos casos, haya dado comienzo un proceso de neutralización en lengua vasca. En dialectos tan extendidos como el de Donostialdea y Bidasoa, donde las diferencias articulatorias entre los fonemas sibilantes se han mantenido intactas a lo largo del tiempo, existe una falta de consenso en la percepción de la sibilante española, observación avalada por la arbitrariedad con la que se han adoptado préstamos españoles y latinos dentro del sistema vasco. El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo principal la caracterización acústica de los fonemas sibilantes en el español estándar y el euskera hablado en Donostialdea y Bidasoa, mediante la aplicación del método acústico-espectrográfico. La descripción de las características acústicas que configuran la emisión fónica de dichos sonidos dará paso a la interpretación que a lo largo del tiempo se ha hecho de los fonemas sibilantes de procedencia española y latina en lengua vasca. Su sistematización por medio de evidencia acústica y perceptual ayudará a comprender de modo más claro los contextos que favorecen y han favorecido a lo largo de la historia la adopción del fonema sibilante fricativo dentro del sistema fonológico vasco.https://ojs.ehu.eus/index.php/ASJU/article/view/9727/8967https://ojs.ehu.eus/index.php/ASJU/article/view/9727vignette : https://www.bilketa.eus/in/rest/Thumb/image?id=ark:/27020/ASJU-9727&mat=articleNumspaCopyright (c) 2015 Anuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca "Julio de Urquijo"Caracterización de sibilantes fricativas vascas y su percepción en el sistema fonético español