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16 Cards in this Set
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Facilité de prononciation |
ease of articulation |
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Facilité de prononciation |
refers to the ways in which French people change the language to make it easier to speak |
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La loi de trois consonnes |
schwa may be omitted as long as it would not cause three consonants to be together |
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Pronunciation of 'in' |
in + vowel = in |
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Pronunciation of 'in' |
in + consonant = ɛ̃ |
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Elision |
dropping a sound in the pattern of speech |
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Standard elision |
e.g. le/la + vowel = l' |
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Non-standard elision |
e.g. tu as = t'as |
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Liaison |
when a usually silent final consonant is pronounced because the next word begins with a vowel |
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Liaison - 3 |
invariable/obligatoire variable/facultative erratic/interdit |
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Enchainement |
the chaining together of words |
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Enchainement |
causes word-final consonants to attach to the following vowel and become syllable-initial |
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Enchainement |
as a result, word boundaries do not coincide with syllable boundaries |
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Assimilation |
when sounds become more similar, for ease of articulation |
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Assimilation |
regressive of voice and regressive of manner both common in French |
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Regressive |
anticipatory, i.e. moves right to left |
