[PDF] Sounds French eBook

Author : Aidan Coveney
Publisher : Intellect Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,25 MB
Release : 2001
Category : French language
ISBN : 9781902454023

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How do French native speakers articulate the consonant and vowel sounds of their language and what changes do these sounds undergo during the flow of connected speech? How do the sounds of French differ from those of English and other languages and how do they vary according to the speaker's regional and social identity? This book provides a detailed account of the movements of the lips, tongue and other speech organs with the help of tracings from films produced at the Institut de Phonétique de Strasbourg. A wide range of geographical and social accents of French is also discussed, and frequent comparisons are made with English and many other languages, drawing on sociolinguistic and cross-linguistic research.

Author : Bernard Tranel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 49,91 MB
Release : 1987-12-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1316582310

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This introductory textbook is principally addressed to English speakers who want systematically to improve their pronunciation of French - whether relative beginners or more advanced students. It describes the difficulties typically encountered, explains why they occur. and suggests ways to resolve them. It also explains how certain properties of the French sound system came about as the language changed over time, and it includes an examination of the relationship between French spelling and French pronunciation. Although focusing on the pronunciation of standard French, different pronunciations in other varieties of French (Québec French, Southern French, etc.) are also considered. In addition, from a more theoretical perspective, the book provides readers with a fundamental understanding of the way French sounds are produced and how they behave according to general linguistic principles. Overall the book stands as a multifaceted introduction to French sounds, drawing for its account on contrastive analysis, general phonetics, traditional knowledge and modern developments in phonology, historical linguistics, and orthography. Teachers of French will welcome Bernard Tranel's wide scholarship and firm grasp of teaching principles, while students will welcome the refreshing clarity of style and organization.

Author : Dylane Moreau
Publisher :
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 17,82 MB
Release : 2021-01-30
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The Complete French Pronunciation Course includes: - The Complete Pronunciation Course' book - 55 videos: available for free on YouTube - 105 recordings for listening practice(After purchase, simply send us an email with the proof of purchase and we will give you access to the recordings)This French pronunciation course goes over everything you need to know to understand how French pronunciation works and be able to speak French with confidence. What you will learn in the 55 lessons: - The alphabet, the accents and how to spell - What not to pronounce in French- When to link words in French- The nasal vowels - The vowels - The consonants - Unusual pronunciation in French - Put everything into practice with 3 French Reading Practices Pronunciation is closely linked with your ability to hear the sound. If you can't hear the sound, you can't pronounce it. The 105 recordings are made to focus on specific sounds alone and in words. Listening to them often will help you with your pronunciation and you will also be able to understand spoken French better. Everything you need to take your French to the next level!

Author : Jonathyne Briggs
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 50,89 MB
Release : 2015-01-29
Category : Music
ISBN : 0199377081

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Sounds French examines the history of popular music in France between the arrival of rock and roll in 1958 and the collapse of the first wave of punk in 1980, and the connections between musical genres and concepts of community in French society. During this period, scholars have tended to view the social upheavals associated with postwar reconstruction as part of debates concerning national identity in French culture and politics, a tendency that developed from political figures' and intellectuals' concerns with French national identity. In this book, author Jonathyne Briggs reorients the scholarship away from an exclusive focus on national identity and instead towards an investigation of other identities that develop as a result of the increased globalization of culture. Popular music, at once individual and communal, fixed and plastic, offers an illuminating window into such transformations in social structures through the ways in which musicians, musical consumers, and critical intermediaries re-imagined themselves as part of novel cultural communities, whether local, national, or supranational in nature. Briggs argues that national identity was but one of a panoply of identities in flux during the postwar period in France, demonstrating that the development of hybridized forms of popular music provided the French with a method for expressing and understanding that flux. Drawing upon an array of printed and aural sources, including music publications, sound recordings, record sleeves, biographies, and cultural criticism, Sounds French is an essential new look at popular music in postwar France.

Author : Gabriel Wyner
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 37,80 MB
Release : 2014-08-05
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 038534810X

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • For anyone who wants to learn a foreign language, this is the method that will finally make the words stick. “A brilliant and thoroughly modern guide to learning new languages.”—Gary Marcus, cognitive psychologist and author of the New York Times bestseller Guitar Zero At thirty years old, Gabriel Wyner speaks six languages fluently. He didn’t learn them in school—who does? Rather, he learned them in the past few years, working on his own and practicing on the subway, using simple techniques and free online resources—and here he wants to show others what he’s discovered. Starting with pronunciation, you’ll learn how to rewire your ears and turn foreign sounds into familiar sounds. You’ll retrain your tongue to produce those sounds accurately, using tricks from opera singers and actors. Next, you’ll begin to tackle words, and connect sounds and spellings to imagery rather than translations, which will enable you to think in a foreign language. And with the help of sophisticated spaced-repetition techniques, you’ll be able to memorize hundreds of words a month in minutes every day. This is brain hacking at its most exciting, taking what we know about neuroscience and linguistics and using it to create the most efficient and enjoyable way to learn a foreign language in the spare minutes of your day.

Author : Collins
Publisher : Collins
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 29,47 MB
Release : 2013
Category : French language
ISBN : 9780007491926

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Aimed at beginners and at intermediate students who want to undo bad habits, EASY LEARNING FRENCH PRONUNCIATION focuses on spoken French, and will help you to improve your pronunciation, confidence and fluency.The booklet and audio CD will guide you through how to pronounce each sound and gives real-life examples of where these sounds are used. It will help you recognize why your native language makes you mispronounce certain sounds and which sounds you therefore need to focus on.There are also plenty of opportunities for you to practice the French sounds while listening to the native French speaker on the audio CD. One of the section focuses on pronouncing items from a typical French menu, so you can be sure you will always be understood.The booklet also contains illustrations of the mouth showing how to make French sounds and memorable cartoons to help you remember pronunciation rules.In addition to teaching you how to pronounce French words accurately, EASY LEARNING FRENCH PRONUNCIATION also covers the differences between the French and English alphabet, stress and rhythm, the differences between accents within France and provides information on the differences between the French spoken in France and Canada.EASY LEARNING FRENCH PRONUNCIATION is a fun and enjoyable way of putting the finishing touches on your French accent!