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Allongement compensatoire de quelques consonnes par suite de la chute du "e" caduc (Compensatory Lengthening of Certain Consonants As a Result of Dropping the Mute "e").
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Lebel, Jean-Guy – Revue de Phonetique Appliquee, 1968
The effect of a mute "e" on preceding consonant pairs was studied in the oscillographic tapings of the pronunciation of three well-educated Frenchmen. The 68 taped phrase pairs, showing the consonant in a primary and secondary (followed by mute "e") position, are listed. The differences betwee n the length of the first consonant, second consonant,…
Descriptors: Consonants, Descriptive Linguistics, French, Language Patterns