Sakana erdialdeko azentuaren deskribapena

Abstract

The present article studies the subject of the accent of the Basque language spoken in the central part of the Valley of Sakana, albeit aware of the difficulties involved in a study of this kind. In order to perform the study, in addition to looking through all the studies made on the subject to date, the particularities of this prosodic subject have been collected both by ear and using a tape recorder before analysing and drawing the relevant conclusions, bearing fully in mind that everything depends upon the information given by the subjects studied from each village and the author of the article’s own personal perception. Nevertheless, the computer programme Ahotsa is also used in an attempt at confirming, as has been done on a number of previous occasions, the aforementioned perceptions, leaving eleven acoustic studies as a sample at the end of the article.