-
distinction between /θ/ and /s/ (distinción), the
presence of only
alveolar [s] (
seseo), or, less commonly, the
presence of only a denti-alveolar [s̟] that is...
- or lack of
distinction between the
phonemes /θ/ and /s/ (distinción vs.
seseo and ceceo); the
maintenance or loss of
distinction between phonemes represented...
-
phonemes are not
distinguished and /s/ is used for both,
which is
known as
seseo /
seˈseo/. In
other areas, the
sound manifests as [s̟] (a
sound close, but not...
- sounds. Like
Latin American Spanish,
Philippine Spanish originally practiced seseo,
where /θ/ is
normally not
distinguished from /s/. This is particularly...
- Spain, the
Canary Islands, and
nearly all of
Latin America have only /s/ (
seseo). Some
speakers in
southernmost Spain (especially
coastal Andalusia) have...
-
asterisk to
indicate that most
dialects do not
distinguish it from /s/ (see
seseo),
although this is not a true
merger but an
outcome of
different evolution...
- Conversely, most
Hispanic Americans have
seseo,
lacking a
distinction between this
phoneme and /s/. However,
seseo is also
typical of the
speech of many...
- to
other Spanish varieties. As a
variety spoken in
Latin America, it has
seseo and
lacks the
vosotros pronoun.
Cuban Spanish is most
similar to, and originates...
- by an ⟨i⟩ or an ⟨e⟩.
Examples of
seseo:
zapato is /saˈpato/, not /θaˈpato/; and azul is /aˈsul/ not /aˈθul/. The
seseo-influenced
Spanish is
common throughout...
-
Rioplatense Spanish has
seseo (/θ/ and /s/ are not distinguished). That is, casa ("house") is
homophonous with caza ("hunt").
Seseo is
common to
other dialects...
