附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-225) and index.
""Table of Contents""; ""Sound Charts and Transcription""; ""Abbreviations and Symbols""; ""Preface""; ""1 The Object of Description""; ""1.0 Preliminaries""; ""1.1 The French Language""; ""1.2 A Brief Historical Review""; ""2 Key Descriptive and Theoretical Concepts""; ""2.0 Introduction""; ""2.1 Orthography and Pronunciation""; ""2.2 Morphological and Lexical Notions""; ""3 Basic Descriptive Units and Domains""; ""3.0 Introduction: The Segment""; ""3.1 The Syllable""; ""3.2 The SF Phonological Word""; ""3.3 The Phonological Phrase""; ""3.4 Conclusion""; ""4 Vowels and Semi-vowels""
""4.0 The Vowel System""""4.1 Vowel Length""; ""4.1.1 Lengthening Consonants""; ""4.1.2 Intrinsically Long Vowels""; ""4.1.3 The /ε -- ε:/ Opposition""; ""4.1.4 Supplementary Comments""; ""4.2 The Mid Vowels""; ""4.2.1 Mid Vowels in Final Open Syllables""; ""4.2.2 Mid Vowels in Final Closed Syllables""; ""4.2.3 Mid Vowels in Nonfinal Closed Syllables""; ""4.2.4 Mid Vowels in Nonfinal Open Syllables""; ""4.2.5 Grammatical Consequences of the Constraints on Mid Vowels""; ""4.2.6 Orthography and Pronunciation""; ""4.2.7 The Potential Merger of /h(Omitted)/ and /Å?/""
""5.6 Linking Phenomena: Enchainement and Liaison""""5.7 Liaison""; ""6 Prosody""; ""6.0 Introduction""; ""6.1 Stress and Rhythm""; ""6.1.1 Phrasal Stress""; ""6.1.2 Emphatic Stress""; ""6.2 Intonation""; ""6.3 Colloquial Constructions""; ""7 Around the Phonological Periphery: Playing with Language""; ""7.0 Introduction""; ""7.1 Abbreviations""; ""7.2 Acronyms""; ""7.3 Reduplication""; ""7.4 Word Games: Verlan""; ""Appendix""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""V""; ""W""
摘要:A comprehensive, detailed, and well-illustrated undergraduate French language/linguistics textbook with CD-ROM. The book focuses on pronunciation of Modern Standard French, and incorporates regional and social variations, abbreviatory processes and 'word play'. It looks at historical phonological changes which continue through today. Perfect for readers and learners with little or no formal training in linguistics. The CD-ROM provides invaluable oral examples crucial to linguistic study.
