BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:16745-9510f89e813fa4af8405e2049c071845@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260307T154854Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250328T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250328T103000 SUMMARY:Wílmar López Barrios, Northwestern University DESCRIPTION:“Language Differentiation and Generational Effects on Yes/No Question Intonation in Palenquero/Spanish Bilinguals”\n\nThis study exp lores whether Palenquero/Spanish bilinguals keep their languages intonat ionally distinct in yes/no questions. Recent findings suggest that these speakers could still maintain some degree of temporal and intonational differentiation between their languages. They tend to produce flat or pl ateau-shaped intonation as well as penultimate lengthening\, in Palenque ro\, and initial rises followed by steeper declinations as well as a mor e reduced penultimate lengthening\, in Spanish. Unlike the elderly\, you ng adults do not exhibit temporal distinctions at the right edge of stat ements. However\, straightforward evidence is still scarce\, and it is u nclear to what extent these speakers differentiate their languages at th e prosodic level. Using Functional Principal Component Analysis along wi th linear regression analyses\, we have studied yes/no questions uttered by Palenquero/Spanish bilinguals\, in two unilingual discourse completi on tasks. Our results show that young adults are more sensitive to the s tress pattern associated with the final word\, while elderly speakers te nd to produce final intonation language specifically. Thus\, young adult s behave in a way similar to other Spanish speakers in the Caribbean\, w hereas elderly speakers\, in contrast\, seem to have overgeneralized the truncation rule of Caribbean Spanish yes/no questions. Therefore\, most of their Spanish questions end in a “truncated” way.\n\nFor more detail s: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/dr-wilmar-lopez-barrios-northwestern- university/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

“Language Diff erentiation and Generational Effects on Yes/No Question Intonation in Pa lenquero/Spanish Bilinguals”

This study explores whether Palenque ro/Spanish bilinguals keep their languages intonationally distinct in ye s/no questions. Recent findings suggest that these speakers could still maintain some degree of temporal and intonational differentiation betwee n their languages. They tend to produce flat or plateau-shaped intonatio n as well as penultimate lengthening, in Palenquero, and initial rises f ollowed by steeper declinations as well as a more reduced penultimate le ngthening, in Spanish. Unlike the elderly, young adults do not exhibit t emporal distinctions at the right edge of statements. However, straightf orward evidence is still scarce, and it is unclear to what extent these speakers differentiate their languages at the prosodic level. Using Func tional Principal Component Analysis along with linear regression analyse s, we have studied yes/no questions uttered by Palenquero/Spanish biling uals, in two unilingual discourse completion tasks. Our results show tha t young adults are more sensitive to the stress pattern associated with the final word, while elderly speakers tend to produce final intonation language specifically. Thus, young adults behave in a way similar to oth er Spanish speakers in the Caribbean, whereas elderly speakers, in contr ast, seem to have overgeneralized the truncation rule of Caribbean Spani sh yes/no questions. Therefore, most of their Spanish questions end in a “truncated” way.

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