Re: Glottal q, Spanish s

Muke Tever <alrivera@...> wrote:
>>
>>(it's difficult to notice given the /s/-aspiration, but I'm pretty
>>sure).
>
>Does "/s/-aspiration" mean the silent final s?

It refers to the change [s] > [h] (in word- and also
syllable-final position). A final [h] goes practically
unnoticed, especially since Spanish doesn't even have
/h/ as a phoneme.

The dialect of my city (Rosario) is especially fond of
this change (which is affectionately known as _comerse
las eses_ "to eat one's s's"). I think it goes back a
lot in Spanish -- from Andalusian conquistadores.


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