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The Function of Liaison as a Correlate of Plurality in Spoken French
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Rosoff, Gary H. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1974
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, French, Language Patterns, Morphology (Languages)
C'est Quoi, le Francais (This Is What, Is That French)?
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Calve, Pierre – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1972
Discusses the pros and cons of exceptional grammar rules in French and some of the main differences in spoken and written usage. (DS)
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), French, Grammar, Language Instruction
De L'Economie des moyens linguistiques en francais et en anglais dans l'usage standard contemporain (On the Economy of Linguistic Means in French and English Standard Contemporary Usage).
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Calve, Pierre – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1989
The conciseness and "ease of use" often attributed to North American English relative to French in standard contemporary usage is explained in terms of English morpho-syntactic structure and of the values of the classical norm and rhetoric affecting French. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, French, Language Attitudes, Language Patterns
Articulatory Economy in Present-Day American Spanish.
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Kadler, Eric H. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1979
Describes features of articulatory shortcuts discovered among middle class, educated native speakers of Spanish in Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador. It is maintained that these features should be taught to students of Spanish in order that they may understand colloquial Spanish speech. (AM)
Descriptors: Consonants, Descriptive Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Language Instruction