The Structure of the Canadian French Consonant System

The Structure of the Canadian French Consonant System

Discussion of consonantal traits characteristic of Canadian French, excluding the dialectical traits of the Acadians typically heard in Northern Maine and the Maritime Provinces in Canada. Brief references to French Creole and New England Franco-American French. From the author: "The purpose of this study is to discuss the structure of the consonant system of Canadian French, especially in its more archaic (i.e., less assimilated to the standard language) form, in order to show that a seemingly complex set of allophonic and phonemic developments, of different origins, bear witness to a single tendency toward greater economy of distinctive features in the phonological system."

Hull, Alexander

1966

en

Journal Article

1960s; Canada

No

0075-966X

#1

103-110

La Linguistique

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