The Sounds of French: An IntroductionCambridge University Press, 25 dec. 1987 This introductory textbook is principally addressed to English speakers who want systematically to improve their pronunciation of French - whether relative beginners or more advanced students. It describes the difficulties typically encountered, explains why they occur. and suggests ways to resolve them. It also explains how certain properties of the French sound system came about as the language changed over time, and it includes an examination of the relationship between French spelling and French pronunciation. Although focusing on the pronunciation of standard French, different pronunciations in other varieties of French (Québec French, Southern French, etc.) are also considered. In addition, from a more theoretical perspective, the book provides readers with a fundamental understanding of the way French sounds are produced and how they behave according to general linguistic principles. Overall the book stands as a multifaceted introduction to French sounds, drawing for its account on contrastive analysis, general phonetics, traditional knowledge and modern developments in phonology, historical linguistics, and orthography. Teachers of French will welcome Bernard Tranel's wide scholarship and firm grasp of teaching principles, while students will welcome the refreshing clarity of style and organization. |
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Pagina xii
... chapter, a set of laboratory lessons, or even an entire manual. One of this book's goals is to offer students means of improving their pronunciation and of accelerating the process by classifying problems, identifying their nature, and ...
... chapter, a set of laboratory lessons, or even an entire manual. One of this book's goals is to offer students means of improving their pronunciation and of accelerating the process by classifying problems, identifying their nature, and ...
Pagina xiii
... Chapter 2 looks at the operation of the speech organs and provides an inventory of the main articulatory parameters which allow the description and classification of sounds. Part Two comprises four chapters on vowels and one chapter on ...
... Chapter 2 looks at the operation of the speech organs and provides an inventory of the main articulatory parameters which allow the description and classification of sounds. Part Two comprises four chapters on vowels and one chapter on ...
Pagina xiv
... Chapter 11. After a brief historical sketch, conditions for the appearance of linking consonants in contemporary French are classified according to phonetic, morphological, syntactic, and stylistic criteria. This chapter ends with a ...
... Chapter 11. After a brief historical sketch, conditions for the appearance of linking consonants in contemporary French are classified according to phonetic, morphological, syntactic, and stylistic criteria. This chapter ends with a ...
Pagina xv
... most of the examples used in the book, in particular those organised in tables. The recorded illustrations are identified on the tape by chapter, table and page references. This book is a revised English version of a French Preface 3.V.
... most of the examples used in the book, in particular those organised in tables. The recorded illustrations are identified on the tape by chapter, table and page references. This book is a revised English version of a French Preface 3.V.
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... chapter are to introduce the system of phonetic transcription used in this book (that of the International Phonetic Association) and to justify its use by sketching out the complex nature of the relation between orthography and ...
... chapter are to introduce the system of phonetic transcription used in this book (that of the International Phonetic Association) and to justify its use by sketching out the complex nature of the relation between orthography and ...
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accent adjective adverbs alphabet alveolar ridge arbre articulatory basic Chapter CLjV closed syllables closed vowels consonant-letters constriction contrast corresponds dark l deletion devoicing dialects diphthongs distinction double consonants e-deletion emphatic stress English speakers English words example final consonants final syllable French orthography French vowels fricatives front geminate glides grammatical stress gros h-aspiré words indicate intonation languages letter linguistic linking consonant lips mid vowels nasal consonant nasal vowels native speakers non-final syllables Note noun occlusion occur open syllables open vowels oral cavity oral vowel phonetic symbol phonetic transcription phonetic value phrase place of articulation plural position preceding prepositions produced pronounced pronunciation Quebec French represent the sound role rounded vowels Rule sentence sequence speakers learning speech spelling standard French stops stressed syllables syllable nucleus syntactic Table tongue tip unrounded unstressed vocal cords voiced voiceless vowel harmony vowel-initial words vowel-letters whereas word-final syllables