A Note on the French Vowel System. Cahiers Linguistiques d'Ottawa (Ottawa Papers on Linguistics), Vol. 4, No. 1 [electronic resource] / Douglas C. Walker.

This note examines motivations and consequences of a widely held generative phonological analysis of the Modern French vowel system. This analysis claims that only three degrees of vowel height are distinctive in Modern French. It is argued that the analysis would be improved by adding an additional...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Walker, Douglas C.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1975.
Subjects:	Componential Analysis. Descriptive Linguistics. Distinctive Features (Language) French. Generative Phonology. Linguistic Theory. Phonemes. Phonemics. Phonetics. Phonology. Vowels.