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Peer reviewedPooley, Timothy – Journal of French Language Studies, 1994
Examines the variable distribution of word-final consonant devoicing (WFCD) among working-class speakers in the Roubaix district of northern France. WFCD is shown to affect coronals, labials, and velars in that order and to be favored by prepausal position. WFCD is primarily associated with female speakers over age 45. (40 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Consonants, Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedChaudenson, Robert; And Others – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1986
A "system" comprising the learner-speaker, the specific linguistic system itself, and the interactions with native speakers is posited to explain the dynamics of the acquisition of French as a second language. Through self-regulation, this system devises solutions which pertain to that common area in language at the crossroads of…
Descriptors: Correlation, Creoles, French, Grammatical Acceptability
Ashby, William J. – 1977
In the French verb phrase, negation is often marked twice, by a proclitic element (ne) and by a second negative (such as "pas" or "rien"). Until the seventeenth century, the first element was obligatory, while a second negative was optionally added for emphasis or precision. Subsequently, the second negatives lost their…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Dialect Studies, French, Language Research
Download full textMatthey, Marinette, Ed. – Travaux Neuchatelois de Linguistique (Tranel), 2001
Articles in this issue focus on language evolution, variation, and heterogeneity. The following are English translations of the French article titles appearing in the issue: "Irregular Phonetic Development Due to Frequency; Regional Traits in Proto-Romance"; "Linguistic Evolution and Evolution of Perspective in the Comparative…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adults, Bilingualism, Creoles
Caouette, Claudine, Ed.; Larrivee, Pierre, Ed. – 1997
English translations of articles in French in this issue include these: "Discourse Reported in the Print Media"; "Comparison of Register in Quebec and French Speakers"; "Method of Description of Specialized Verbs in View of Machine Translation Applications"; "Dialectal Areas in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Biblical Literature, Braille, Contrastive Linguistics
