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The Sounds of French

Author : Bernard Tranel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316582310
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book The Sounds of French written by Bernard Tranel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1987-12-25 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

French Sound Structure

Author : Douglas C. Walker
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
ISBN 13 : 1552380335
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (523 download)

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Download or read book French Sound Structure written by Douglas C. Walker and published by University of Calgary Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The French Sound System

Author : Richard H. Anderson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (569 download)

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Download or read book The French Sound System written by Richard H. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Sound System of French

Author : Jean Casagrande
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780878400850
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Sound System of French written by Jean Casagrande and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Sound System of French

Author : Jean Casagrande
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780783778013
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Sound System of French written by Jean Casagrande and published by . This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Language Conflict and Language Rights

Author : William D. Davies
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108655475
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Language Conflict and Language Rights written by William D. Davies and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-09 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the colonial hegemony of empire fades around the world, the role of language in ethnic conflict has become increasingly topical, as have issues concerning the right of speakers to choose and use their preferred language(s). Such rights are often asserted and defended in response to their being violated. The importance of understanding these events and issues, and their relationship to individual, ethnic, and national identity, is central to research and debate in a range of fields outside of, as well as within, linguistics. This book provides a clearly written introduction for linguists and non-specialists alike, presenting basic facts about the role of language in the formation of identity and the preservation of culture. It articulates and explores categories of conflict and language rights abuses through detailed presentation of illustrative case studies, and distills from these key cross-linguistic and cross-cultural generalizations.

Fluent Forever

Author : Gabriel Wyner
Publisher : Harmony
ISBN 13 : 038534810X
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book Fluent Forever written by Gabriel Wyner and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • For anyone who wants to learn a foreign language, this is the method that will finally make the words stick. “A brilliant and thoroughly modern guide to learning new languages.”—Gary Marcus, cognitive psychologist and author of the New York Times bestseller Guitar Zero At thirty years old, Gabriel Wyner speaks six languages fluently. He didn’t learn them in school—who does? Rather, he learned them in the past few years, working on his own and practicing on the subway, using simple techniques and free online resources—and here he wants to show others what he’s discovered. Starting with pronunciation, you’ll learn how to rewire your ears and turn foreign sounds into familiar sounds. You’ll retrain your tongue to produce those sounds accurately, using tricks from opera singers and actors. Next, you’ll begin to tackle words, and connect sounds and spellings to imagery rather than translations, which will enable you to think in a foreign language. And with the help of sophisticated spaced-repetition techniques, you’ll be able to memorize hundreds of words a month in minutes every day. This is brain hacking at its most exciting, taking what we know about neuroscience and linguistics and using it to create the most efficient and enjoyable way to learn a foreign language in the spare minutes of your day.

French

Author : Zsuzsanna Fagyal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139459562
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book French written by Zsuzsanna Fagyal and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-09-28 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: French is used on every continent, spoken not only in France but also in Belgium, Switzerland, North America, the Caribbean, Polynesia and Africa. This is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the structure of French, suitable for those with little prior knowledge of linguistics or of the French Language. It clearly introduces the language's history, phonetics (pronunciation), phonology (sound system), morpho-syntax (how words and sentences are formed), pragmatics (how speakers express meaning), and lexicology (the study of word composition and derivation) - with each chapter showing how these aspects are subject to regional and social variation. English translations are provided for all examples, and the book contains an extensive bilingual glossary of linguistic terms, and numerous exercises and essay questions in every chapter. French: A Linguistic Introduction will be welcomed by advanced language learners, and by linguists studying the structure of this important language.

Contiguity Theory

Author : Norvin Richards
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262034425
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Contiguity Theory written by Norvin Richards and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2016-06-24 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An argument that the word order of a given language is largely predictable from independently observable facts about its phonology and morphology. Languages differ in the types of overt movement they display. For example, some languages (including English) require subjects to move to a preverbal position, while others (including Italian) allow subjects to remain postverbal. In its current form, Minimalism offers no real answer to the question of why these different types of movements are distributed among languages as they are. In Contiguity Theory, Norvin Richards argues that there are universal conditions on morphology and phonology, particularly in how the prosodic structures of language can be built, and that these universal structures interact with language-specific properties of phonology and morphology. He argues that the grammar begins the construction of phonological structure earlier in the derivation than previously thought, and that the distribution of overt movement operations is largely determined by the grammar's efforts to construct this structure. Rather than appealing to diacritic features, the explanations will generally be rooted in observable phenomena. Richards posits a different kind of relation between syntax and morphology than is usually found in Minimalism. According to his Contiguity Theory, if we know, for example, what inflectional morphology is attached to the verb in a given language, and what the rules are for where stress is placed in the verb, then we will know where the verb goes in the sentence. Ultimately, the goal is to construct a theory in which a complete description of the phonology and morphology of a given language is also a description of its syntax.

A new system of French pronunciation: or The art of acquiring or imparting a thorough practical and theoretical knowledge of French pronunciation

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Author : Auguste Thibaudin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)

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Book Synopsis A new system of French pronunciation: or The art of acquiring or imparting a thorough practical and theoretical knowledge of French pronunciation by : Auguste Thibaudin

Download or read book A new system of French pronunciation: or The art of acquiring or imparting a thorough practical and theoretical knowledge of French pronunciation written by Auguste Thibaudin and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

French System of Sound

Author : Victoria Prud'homme
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783337443801
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book French System of Sound written by Victoria Prud'homme and published by . This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The French Language Today

Author : Adrian Battye
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136903356
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book The French Language Today written by Adrian Battye and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-01 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the French language from the perspective of modern linguistics. Placing French within its social and historical context, the authors highlight the complex, diverse aspects of the language in a lively and accessible way. A variety of topics is covered, including the distribution of French in the world, the historical development of standard French, the sound system of French, its sentence patterns, and its stylistic and geographical variations. Fully updated and revised, this new edition places a greater emphasis on sociolinguistics. To make the book more user-friendly, the following new features have been added: * a further reading guide at the end of each chapter * a glossary of linguistic terms * an expanded bibliography and index.

French System of Sound

Author : Mlle V. Prud'homme
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267986927
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (869 download)

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Download or read book French System of Sound written by Mlle V. Prud'homme and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from French System of Sound: The Student's Help; An Original Methode Naturelle and Key to the French Language Bear zn mind that this New System is the System of Sound, and has nothing to'do' with the letters. For Ih stance, when I give you an English word, such asfar, cat, fee, and tell you to pronounce the French word with the same sound of the letters in one of these words, I mean for' you to give the sonna' which those letters form the sound which it conveys to your ear, and not the letters themselves. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

An Introduction to Language 10e

Author : Victoria Fromkin
Publisher : Cengage AU
ISBN 13 : 0170450066
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Language 10e written by Victoria Fromkin and published by Cengage AU. This book was released on 2021-08-19 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Introduction to Language introduces students to the fascinating study of human language. Engagingly and clearly written, it provides an overview of the key areas of linguistics from an Australian perspective. Unique to this text, the International Phonetic Alphabet is represented by both HCE and MD versions, allowing lecturers to use whichever IPA system they prefer. Premium online teaching and learning tools are available on the MindTap platform. Learn more about the online tools au.cengage.com/mindtap

The French Language Today

Author : Adrian Battye
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136903283
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book The French Language Today written by Adrian Battye and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the French language from the perspective of modern linguistics. Features include a further reading guide at the end of each chapter, a glossary of linguistic terms, a bibliography and index.

The Book of Letters

Author : J Mutter
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1490703268
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Letters written by J Mutter and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Book of Letters' is an exciting new approach to examining the letters of the alphabet used for English, showing the reader that there are 'sounds' built into many letters that have been inherent for hundreds of years. There has been a lack of information regarding how to say words from text, and why we say words the way we do. The word example for example, has a sound between the consonants in the second syllable. Where does it come from? How do we say this word the way a native speaker would do? 'The Book of Letters' examines this, provides the answers and offers students of the language a method of learning to say them in an understandable way. It is different to any previously published available work in that it uses traditional sound representation combined with a simpler and more understandable system, to show sounds that have hitherto been ignored or at best poorly represented. The novelty here is that it approaches an academic subject, in a light-hearted readable style. The book covers every aspect of alphabet letters as written for English to include their history, shape, varieties, sounds, uses, and the consequence of joining one letter with another.

You Are What You Speak

Author : Robert Lane Greene
Publisher : Delacorte Press
ISBN 13 : 0440339766
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book You Are What You Speak written by Robert Lane Greene and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2011-03-08 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An insightful, accessible examination of the way in which day-to-day speech is tangled in a complicated web of history, politics, race, economics and power." - Kirkus What is it about other people’s language that moves some of us to anxiety or even rage? For centuries, sticklers the world over have donned the cloak of authority to control the way people use words. Now this sensational new book strikes back to defend the fascinating, real-life diversity of this most basic human faculty. With the erudite yet accessible style that marks his work as a journalist, Robert Lane Greene takes readers on a rollicking tour around the world, illustrating with vivid anecdotes the role language beliefs play in shaping our identities, for good and ill. Beginning with literal myths, from the Tower of Babel to the bloody origins of the word “shibboleth,” Greene shows how language “experts” went from myth-making to rule-making and from building cohesive communities to building modern nations. From the notion of one language’s superiority to the common perception that phrases like “It’s me” are “bad English,” linguistic beliefs too often define “us” and distance “them,” supporting class, ethnic, or national prejudices. In short: What we hear about language is often really about the politics of identity. Governments foolishly try to police language development (the French Academy), nationalism leads to the violent suppression of minority languages (Kurdish and Basque), and even Americans fear that the most successful language in world history (English) may be threatened by increased immigration. These false language beliefs are often tied to harmful political ends and can lead to the violation of basic human rights. Conversely, political involvement in language can sometimes prove beneficial, as with the Zionist revival of Hebrew or our present-day efforts to provide education in foreign languages essential to business, diplomacy, and intelligence. And yes, standardized languages play a crucial role in uniting modern societies. As this fascinating book shows, everything we’ve been taught to think about language may not be wrong—but it is often about something more than language alone. You Are What You Speak will certainly get people talking.