| Description |
xv, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. + 1 audiocassette (analog) |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [231]-232. |
| Contents |
Orthography, pronunciation, and phonetic notation -- From letters to sounds -- From sounds to letters -- Other complications -- The production and perception of sounds: general outline -- The production and classification of sounds -- Adaptation of the respiratory function -- The vocal cords -- The supraglottal cavities -- The nasal cavity -- The oral cavity -- Consonants -- Consonants: manner of articulation -- Consonants: place of articulation -- Vowels -- Vowels: aperture -- Vowels: lip position -- Vowels: place of articulation -- Glides -- Vowels and glides -- Vowel systems -- Stress and rhythm -- Vowel inventories -- The French vowel system -- The English vowel system -- Complementary remarks -- Contrastive study -- Diphthongization -- Rounded vowels -- Closed vowels -- Mid vowels -- Open vowels -- Contrastive study: conclusion -- Distribution of vowels -- Vowel length -- Distribution of mid vowels -- Mid vowels in word-final syllables -- [e]-[varepsilon] in word-final syllables -- [o]-[characters not reproducible] in word final syllables -- [phis]-[oe] in word final syllables -- Summary: mid vowels in word-final syllables -- Mid vowels in non-final syllables -- Role of syllable structure -- Role of vowel harmony -- Role of derivational morphology -- Other factors and interactions -- Summary: mid vowels in non-final syllables -- Distribution of [a] and [d] -- Nasal vowels -- Articulatory characteristics -- The role of nasality in French -- Contrastive study -- Historical sketch -- Nasal vowels and orthography. |
| Subject |
French language -- Phonetics.
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French language -- Phonology, Comparative -- English.
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English language -- Phonology, Comparative -- French.
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| ISBN |
0521304431 |
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9780521304436 |
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0521315107 paperback |
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9780521315104 paperback |
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0521350026 cassette |
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9780521350020 cassette |
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