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An Introduction to
French Pronunciation
Blackwell Reference Grammars
General Editor: Glanville Price
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An Introduction to
French Pronunciation
Revised Edition
Glanville Price
© 1991, 2005 by Glanville Price
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Price, Glanville.
An introduction to French pronunciation / Glanville Price.—Rev. ed.
p. cm. — (Blackwell reference grammars)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978–1–4051–3255–8 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 1–4051–3255–8 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. French language—Pronunciation. I. Title. II. Series.
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Contents
Preface
1 General Considerations
1.1
Introduction
1.2
Sounds, Phonemes and Allophones
1.3
Suprasegmental Features
1.4
The Articulation of French
1.5
The Organization of this Book
1.6
References and Further Reading
1.7
Phonetic Symbols
2 The Production of Speech
2.1
Introduction
2.2
The Vocal Cords and Voice
2.3
Articulators
2.4
Active Articulators
2.5
Passive Articulators
2.6
Terminology
3 The Articulation of French
3.1
Articulatory Tension
3.2
Pure Vowels
4 The Vowel Phonemes
4.1
Principles of Classification
4.2
Point of Articulation
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