An introduction to French pronunciation

Author(s)

• Price, Glanville

Bibliographic Information

An introduction to French pronunciation

Glanville Price

B. Blackwell, 1991

• : pbk.

Note

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book aims to tell readers how to speak and listen to French. It begins by outlining the basic principles of French phonetics, and points out regional differences. It goes on to discuss specifics - vowels, consonants and semi-consonants - and uses this as a basis for covering more complex parts of speech. There are further chapters covering such aspects as rhythmic groups, syllable liaison, and intonation.

Table of Contents

• General considerations
• the production of speech
• the articulation of French
• the vowel phonemes
• the semi-consonants
• the consonant phonemes
• the rhythmic group
• the syllable
• stress
• the vowels in detail
• mute "e"
• vowel length
• the semi-consonants in detail - stops, fricatives, /r/,/l/ and the nasals
• germination
• consonantal assimilation
• liaison
• intonation.

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Details

• NCID: BA12136590
• ISBN:
  • 0631154752
  • 0631154760
• LCCN: 90001073
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford, U.K. ; Cambridge, Mass.
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 176 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PC2137
  • DC20 : 448.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : French language -- Pronunciation