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Alvord, Scott M. – Hispania, 2010
The interrogative intonation of Cubans and Cuban Americans living in Miami is investigated. Two different intonation patterns are used in this variety of Spanish to convey absolute interrogative meaning: one with a falling final contour, as has been observed in Cuban Spanish, and one with a rising final contour, as is used in American English and…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Intonation, Cubans, Spanish