Phonological variation in French illustrations from three continents /
| Other Authors: | Gess, Randall Scott, 1963-, Lyche, Chantal,, Meisenburg, Trudel,, ebrary, Inc. |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
[2012]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource. |
| Series: |
Studies in language variation ;
v. 11. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Phonological Variation in French; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; 1. Introduction to phonological variation in French: Illustrations from three continents; 1. Introduction; 2. French phonology; 3. The PFC project; 4. The current volume; 5. Conclusion; References; Appendix I: Word-list; Appendix II: Text (PFC Project); Part I. Africa; 2. A phonological study of French spoken by multilingual speakers from Bangui, the capital of the Ce; 1. Introduction; 2. The languages of the CAR; 3. The Bangui corpus; 4. Phonemic inventories and realizations; 5. Schwa; 6. Liaison. 7. Schwa, liaison and prosodic units8. Conclusion; References; 3. French in Senegal after three centuries: A phonological study of Wolof speakers' French; 1. Introduction; 2. The situation of French and Wolof in Senegal; 3. The first PFC survey in Senegal: PFC-SNA; 4. French phonological inventory of wolophone speakers; 5. Phonotactics and syllabification; 6. Accentuation; 7. Conclusion; References; 4. The phonological characteristics of French in Bamako, Mali: A sociolinguistic approach; 1. Introduction; 2. Mali; 3. French, Bambara and national languages in Mali; 4. PFC in Mali. 5. The phonemic inventory6. Schwa; 7. Liaison; 8. Conclusion; References; Part II. Europe; 5. An overview of the phonological and phonetic properties of Southern French: Data from two Marseil; 1. French in Provence; 2. The surveys; 3. Phonological inventory and phonotactics; 4. Behavior of schwa; 5. Behavior of liaison consonants; 6. Prosody; 7. Conclusion; References; 6. The variation of pronunciation in Belgian French: From segmental phonology to prosody; 1. Introduction; 2. The PFC surveys in French-speaking Belgium; 3. Phonological inventories; 4. The behavior of schwa. 5. The behavior of liaison consonants6. Prosodic variation: The case of continuative contours; 7. Conclusion; References; 7. A study of young Parisian speech: Some trends in pronunciation; 1. Presentation of the survey; 2. Description of the phonological inventory; 3. Schwa; 4. Liaison; 5. Conclusion; References; 8. A phonological study of a Swiss French variety: Data from the canton of Neuchâtel; 1. Introduction; 2. The vowel system of the Neuchâtel variety; 3. Distribution of schwa; 4. Distribution of liaison; 5. Conclusion; References; Appendix; Part III. North America. 9. An overview of the phonetics and phonology of Acadian French spoken in northeastern New Brunswick1. Introduction; 2. Phonemic inventory; 3. Schwa; 4. Liaison; 5. Related topics; 6. Summary; Acknowledgments; References; 10. Laurentian French (Quebec): Extra vowels, missing schwas and surprising liaison consonants; 1. Presentation of the survey; 2. Segmental inventory; 3. Schwa; 4. Liaison; 5. Conclusion; References; Appendix; 11. "Cajun" French in a non-Acadian community: A phonological study of the French of Ville Platte, L; 1. Introduction; 2. Historical overview of French in Louisiana. 3. PFC in Ville Platte. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web. |
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9789027273185 9027273189 9781283894975 1283894971 |