Resumen de What rhyme tells us about the status ofhomogeneous diphthongs in Spanish

Juan Carlos Castillo

• català

  Aquest article estudia l’estatus dels diftongs homogenis en espanyol (és a dir, aquells formats per dos vocals altes, normalment iu o ui) per intentar determinar quin dels dos elements vocàlics actua com a nucli de la síl·laba i quin com a semivocal/semiconsonant. La majoria dels autors assumeixen que l’ordre és semiconsonant-vocal (com en un diftong creixent) però sense oferir gran evidència a favor d’això. Un estudi d’exemples de rima de diferents èpoques de poesia i teatre en vers en espanyol confirma la forta tendència d’aquests diftongs a funcionar com a ascendents.

• English

  This article addresses the status of homogeneous diphthongs in Spanish (those formed of two high vocoids, usually spelled iu or ui) to try to determine which vocoid acts as the syllable nucleus and which is the glide. It has generally been assumed that the order is glide-vowel (rising-like diphthong) but with little factual substantiation. A study of examples of rhyme from different ages in Spanish poetry and theatre in verse confirms the strong tendency for these diphthongs to act as rising-like.