spanish intervocalic b,v
/β/ is also produced when a word start with "b" or "v", but the previous word ends with a wowel, am I right?
For example, if you say "cada vez", "v" is pronounced /b/ or /β/?
A woman of Puerto Rican descent told me that she pronounces "b" and "v", but it depends on whether it's a big "B" or a little "b". I haven't heard this described in this way before. Would this have anything to do with your transcriptions?
<</β/ is also produced when a word start with "b" or "v", but the previous word ends with a wowel, am I right?>>
Yes, you're right.
<<For example, if you say "cada vez", "v" is pronounced /b/ or /β/?>>
"Cada vez" is pronounced [kaða βes], [- βeθ] or [-βeh]
In Spanish we call B, be larga o grande (long or big b) and V, ve pequeña o corta (short or small v) to tell them apart, that's probably what the woman meant. Where I live, it's more common to call them b de burro and v de vaca, but b larga and ve pequeña are not unusual.
I thought that in Spanish we call B as Be and V as Uve
There is actually many ways to call it, depending on the country, but it is always obvious to know what the person is reffering to, for example in Mexico we call them like this:
Be Grande = Big Be / Ve Chica = Small Ve
It salso applies to other letters, for example some people call letter Y as Ye, but here in Mexico and most places we call it "Y Griega", just like the Romans did, they called it "Y Graeca" (Greek Y).
Be Grande = Big Be / Ve Chica = Small Ve ------> Pero qué locura es ésta?
La misma locura que llamarlas Be Larga y Ve corta.
The simple fact that they need two names should give pause to those who claim that they distinguish b and v in pronunciation.
Gabriel, quien dijo que podian distinguir entre ambas?
La misma locura que llamarlas Be Larga y Ve corta.
En efecto porque la B y la V se llaman Be y Uve respectivamente.