French sound structure / Douglas C. Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walker, Douglas C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French language--Pronunciation.

French language.

French language--Phonology.

French language--Phonetics.

Physical Description:

xii, 229 pages ; 24 cm + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.)

Place of Publication:

Calgary : University of Calgary Press, [2001]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

1. The Object of Description 1

1.1 The French Language 1

1.2 A Brief Historical Review 6

2. Key Descriptive and Theoretical Concepts 11

2.1 Orthography and Pronunciation 11

2.2 Morphological and Lexical Notions 13

3. Basic Descriptive Units and Domains 21

3.0 Introduction: The Segment 21

3.1 The Syllable 23

3.2 The SF Phonological Word 30

3.3 The Phonological Phrase 31

4. Vowels and Semi-vowels 41

4.0 The Vowel System 41

4.1 Vowel Length 42

4.1.1 Lengthening Consonants 43

4.1.2 Intrinsically Long Vowels 44

4.1.3 The /[varepsilon] - [varepsilon]:/ Opposition 45

4.1.4 Supplementary Comments 47

4.2 The Mid Vowels 48

4.2.1 Mid Vowels in Final Open Syllables 49

4.2.2 Mid Vowels in Final Closed Syllables 50

4.2.3 Mid Vowels in Nonfinal Closed Syllables 51

4.2.4 Mid Vowels in Nonfinal Open Syllables 52

4.2.4.1 Analogy 53

4.2.4.2 Vowel Harmony 54

4.2.4.3 The loi de position 55

4.2.5 Grammatical Consequences of the Constraints on Mid Vowels 57

4.2.6 Orthography and Pronunciation 59

4.2.7 The Potential Merger of /[characters not reproducible]nd /oe/ 59

4.3 The Low Vowels /a/ and /a/ 60

4.4 Nasal Vowels 62

4.4.1 The Merger of /[characters not reproducible]nd /[characters not reproducible] 63

4.4.2 Distribution of Nasal Vowels 64

4.4.3 Alternations between V and VN 65

4.4.4 History and Orthography 73

4.4.5 Dialects 75

4.5 Schwa 76

4.5.1 Orthographic Representations of Schwa 77

4.5.2 Distributional Constraints on Schwa 77

4.5.3 The Phonetic Realization of Schwa 78

4.5.4 The Deletion of Schwa 80

4.5.4.1 Schwa in the Phonological Phrase 80

4.5.4.2 A Rhythmic Constraint 84

4.5.4.3 Epenthesis 85

4.5.4.4 The Tendency Towards Irregularity 86

4.5.4.5 Stylistic Considerations 88

4.5.4.6 The Stabilization of Schwa 90

4.5.5 Alternations Involving Schwa 92

4.5.6 Dialects and History 95

4.6 Semi-vowels 100

4.6.1 Orthographic Representations of the Semi-vowels 102

4.6.2 The Phonology of the Semi-vowels 103

4.7 Further Effects of the Phonological Phrase 106

5. Consonants 119

5.0 The Consonant System 119

5.1 Geminate Consonants 130

5.2 Nasal Consonants 132

5.2.1 The /[characters not reproducible] /nj/ Interchange 132

5.2.2 The Importation of /[characters not reproducible] 134

5.2.3 Nasal Assimilation 135

5.3 Voicing Assimilation 136

5.4 Aspirate-h 140

5.4.1 Other Types of 'Aspiration' 146

5.4.2 Historical Comments Regarding [left andle bracket] h [right angle bracket] 147

5.5 Final Consonants 148

5.5.1 Stable Final Consonants 148

5.5.2 Latent Final Consonants 152

5.6 Linking Phenomena: Enchainement and Liaison 160

5.7 Liaison 160

6. Prosody 177

6.1 Stress and Rhythm 177

6.1.1 Phrasal Stress 178

6.1.2 Emphatic Stress 181

6.2 Intonation 182

6.3 Colloquial Constructions 187

7. Around the Phonological Periphery: Playing with Language 191

7.3 Reduplication 199

7.4 Word Games: Verlan 200.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-225) and index.

ISBN:

1552380335 :

OCLC:

46857553