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Malecot, Andre – Phonetica, 1975
The frequency of liaison in French is studied in the context of the grammatical function of contiguous words involved, the phonetic characteristics of the liaison consonant and a number of paralinguistic variables such as sex, age, occupation, syllabic rate, loudness, attitude of the speaker and subject matter. Results are tabulated. Available…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Consonants, French, Language Instruction
Malecot, Andre – 1971
This study is comprised of five major sections, each of which focuses on a central linguistic issue germane to the understanding of the general phonetic characteristics of languages. The sections include: (1) a comparative study of terminal consonant releases; (2) the influence of consonants upon contiguous vowels --phase 1: vowel duration; (3)…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Comparative Analysis, Componential Analysis, Descriptive Linguistics