| phonet., span. |
seseo (In Spanish, the merger as a sibilant [s] of the two fricatives which are distinguished in standard European'Spanish as /s/ and /θ/: hence /'kasa/ for both casa "house" and caza "hunting", distinguished in standard European Spanish as /'kasa/ and /'kaθa/, respectively. Seseo is universal in American Spanish and wide- spread in southern Spain. In some areas of southern Spain, the result of the merger is a strongly fronted dental variety of [s] perceptually resembling [θ]; this type of pronunciation is called ceceo  wordpress.com 'More) |
