Research Catalog

Title

The sound system of French / Jean Casagrande.

Author

Casagrande, Jean

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [1984].

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Details

Description

xix, 236 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subject

• French language > Phonology
• French language > Phonetics
• Französisch
• Phonetik
• Phonologie
• Fonetiek
• Fonologie
• Frans

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 236.

Contents

Phonetics and phonetic differences: Foundation and building blocks of a sound system -- By way of introduction -- Sound and spelling -- Grammar -- Underlying representation and phonetic representation -- Verbal intercourse -- The speech chain -- The nature of sound -- Waves -- Vibrations -- Frequency and pitch -- Amplitude and intensity -- Sound propagation -- Harmonics -- Compound sounds -- Resonators -- The organs of speech -- A superimposed system -- The bellows -- Speech production -- The larynx -- The vocal tract -- Articulatory properties of French sounds -- Articulation -- Manner of articulation -- Point of articulation -- Vowels (syllabic sounds) -- Consonants (nonsyllabic sounds) -- The atomization of segments -- Major class features -- The neutral position -- Features defined in terms of resonators -- Features determined by the manner of articulation -- Features defined by secondary articulation -- A glottal feature -- Diacritic features -- The distinctive features of French -- The components of segments -- Why features? -- Phonology: Influences, reactions, and consequences in the society of sounds -- The rise and fall of segments -- Vowel insertion -- Vowel deletion -- Consonant deletion -- Consonant insertion -- Diphthongization -- Reduction -- Birds of a feather -- Assimilation -- Palatalization -- Nasalization -- Contraction -- Glide formation -- Historical evidence -- French phonological rules: The forces that shape the main traits of the French sound system -- It's what's up front -- Fronting.

ISBN

• 0878400850
• 9780878400850

LCCN

83020594

OCLC

• ocm10045703
• 10045703
• SCSB-8860216

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library