An Acoustic Analysis of Rhotics in Coda Position in Speech Samples of Informant from Curitiba: A Cross Generational Comparative Study

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to investigate, by acoustic analysis, the production of rhotics in coda position in the Curitiba dialect. Our hypothesis is that the retroflex was spreading in Curitiba, and we conducted a pilot experiment with speakers of two different generations to verify if there were generational differences. The data showed, however, that there was no change between generations, which raises the question of whether the retroflex approximant is part of this dialect for longer than previously thought.