Date of Award
1978
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Resnick, Melvyn C.
Abstract
Selected segmental phonemes of the Spanish of the city and canton of Liberia, in Guanacaste, Costa Rica, are described and analyzed on articulatory criteria. Tabulation of frequencies of occurrence of principle allophones of each phoneme show the rural and urban speech of this area to be similar in all but one feature, the pronunciation of /tr/. A comparison of the Spanish of Liberia with published data on the Spanish of nearby Nicaragua and the socially and politically influential Valle Central of Costa Rica shows the sharing of important phonological features with the speech of these two areas.
Extent
92 p.
Recommended Citation
COWIN, SUZANNE MARIE, "DESCRIPTIVE PHONOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE SPANISH OF LIBERIA, IN THE PROVINCE OF GUANACASTE, COSTA RICA" (1978). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1970 - 1979. 614.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_2/614
Identifier
FADT13902
Comments
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1978.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters