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Download full textMorin, Yves-Charles – 1974
This paper presents a diachronic phonological analysis of French in order to show that Kiparsky's (1972) argument against formal (or language-specific) notation is based on a small sample of phenomena and is therefore not valid. Examples of vocalic tension in French are given, and the process from tension to relaxation is described. This tension…
Descriptors: Componential Analysis, Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialects
