Phonological variation in French : illustrations from three continents / edited by Randall Gess, Carleton University, Chantal Lyche, University of Oslo, Trudel Meisenburg, University of Osnabrück.

This volume presents a selection of French varieties representing the great diversity of this language along geographical, social, and stylistic dimensions. Twelve illustrations from regions as far removed as Western Canada and Central Africa represent widely divergent social contexts of language use. Each chapter is based on original surveys conducted within the framework of the Phonology of Contemporary French project, described in the Introduction. These surveys constitute an invaluable source of new data for researchers, as many of the varieties included are otherwise undocumented in any ...

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Phonological Variation in French; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; 1. Introduction to phonological variation in French: Illustrations from three continents; 1. Introduction; 2. French phonology; 3. The PFC project; 4. The current volume; 5. Conclusion; References; Appendix I: Word-list; Appendix II: Text (PFC Project); Part I. Africa; 2. A phonological study of French spoken by multilingual speakers from Bangui, the capital of the Ce; 1. Introduction; 2. The languages of the CAR; 3. The Bangui corpus; 4. Phonemic inventories and realizations; 5. Schwa; 6. Liaison.

7. Schwa, liaison and prosodic units8. Conclusion; References; 3. French in Senegal after three centuries: A phonological study of Wolof speakers' French; 1. Introduction; 2. The situation of French and Wolof in Senegal; 3. The first PFC survey in Senegal: PFC-SNA; 4. French phonological inventory of wolophone speakers; 5. Phonotactics and syllabification; 6. Accentuation; 7. Conclusion; References; 4. The phonological characteristics of French in Bamako, Mali: A sociolinguistic approach; 1. Introduction; 2. Mali; 3. French, Bambara and national languages in Mali; 4. PFC in Mali.

5. The phonemic inventory6. Schwa; 7. Liaison; 8. Conclusion; References; Part II. Europe; 5. An overview of the phonological and phonetic properties of Southern French: Data from two Marseil; 1. French in Provence; 2. The surveys; 3. Phonological inventory and phonotactics; 4. Behavior of schwa; 5. Behavior of liaison consonants; 6. Prosody; 7. Conclusion; References; 6. The variation of pronunciation in Belgian French: From segmental phonology to prosody; 1. Introduction; 2. The PFC surveys in French-speaking Belgium; 3. Phonological inventories; 4. The behavior of schwa.

5. The behavior of liaison consonants6. Prosodic variation: The case of continuative contours; 7. Conclusion; References; 7. A study of young Parisian speech: Some trends in pronunciation; 1. Presentation of the survey; 2. Description of the phonological inventory; 3. Schwa; 4. Liaison; 5. Conclusion; References; 8. A phonological study of a Swiss French variety: Data from the canton of Neuchâtel; 1. Introduction; 2. The vowel system of the Neuchâtel variety; 3. Distribution of schwa; 4. Distribution of liaison; 5. Conclusion; References; Appendix; Part III. North America.

9. An overview of the phonetics and phonology of Acadian French spoken in northeastern New Brunswick1. Introduction; 2. Phonemic inventory; 3. Schwa; 4. Liaison; 5. Related topics; 6. Summary; Acknowledgments; References; 10. Laurentian French (Quebec): Extra vowels, missing schwas and surprising liaison consonants; 1. Presentation of the survey; 2. Segmental inventory; 3. Schwa; 4. Liaison; 5. Conclusion; References; Appendix; 11. "Cajun" French in a non-Acadian community: A phonological study of the French of Ville Platte, L; 1. Introduction; 2. Historical overview of French in Louisiana.

3. PFC in Ville Platte.

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