academic publishers
LINCOM GmbH, Hansjakobstr. 127a, D-81825 München, Allemagne FAX+49 89 62269404, TEL +49 89 3149593, contact@lincom.eu

FRENCH LINGUISTICS

Sound Change in Romance: Phonetic and Phonological Issues Daniel Recasens & Fernando Sánchez-Miret (eds.) Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona / Institut d’Estudis Catalans; Universidad de Salamanca The nine papers included in this book investigate a variety of topics on sound change in several Romance languages (French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan, and Romanian) using different sources of evidence and several methodologies. This collection of papers contributes significantly to our knowledge about the inception and diffusion of sound change and the typological factors which constrain their implementation. The book should be of particular interest to phoneticians and phonologists insofar as, among other issues, it deals with patterns of syllable structure, degree of stability of vowel contrasts, and preference for certain consonant sequences and sound replacements over others. ISBN 9783969390610 (Hardbound). LINCOM Studies in Romance Linguistics 84. 217pp. 2021. French Pronunciation & Accents Geo-social Applications of the Natural Phonetics & Tonetics Method Luciano Canepari University of Venice   This book applies the principles of Natural Phonetics & Tonetics to describe the pronunciation of French, including intonation, in a precise way never found in earlier treatises. It includes an introduction to the Natural Phonotonetics Method, which can be used for any other language, as well (without the sadly known limitations of official IPA). The vowels, consonants, structures, and intonation of French, including liaison and the unstable e phoneme, are fully described and transcribed, with many examples of words, sentences, and conversations, in addition to the intonationally integrated IPA sample passage ‘The North Wind and the Sun’, and some lofty texts. Different types of French pronunciation are fully described: international, neutral, traditional, mediatic. In addition, the neutral, mediatic and broad pronunciations currently used in France, Belgium, and Switzerland are extensively treated. Further chapters describe (with clear phonic maps) the 61 regional accents found in: France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Canada, and other parts of the world. Other chapters provide 7 traditional dialects, 23 foreign accents of French, 4 diachronic stages, 26 concise language phonopses for easier comparisons. A mini-phono-dictionary contains about 2000 words, chosen among the most problematic ones for pronunciation and the use of liaison. Extensive lists of homophones and numbers are also provided. ISBN 9783862887910 (Hardbound). LINCOM Studies in Phonetics 21. 428pp. 2017. Camfranglais: A glossary of common words, phrases and usages Jean-Paul Kouega University of Yaounde I Camfranglais is a composite language variant, a type of pidgin that blends in the same speech act linguistic elements drawn first from French and secondly from English, Pidgin English, widespread Cameroonian languages, and other European languages like Latin and Spanish. It is used by secondary school pupils to discuss, among themselves to the exclusion of non-members, such issues as food, drinks, money, sex, physical look and the like. This speech form has been in use in Cameroon for barely three decades. Though a very young language variant, it is as widespread as Fulfulde that has been used in the northern area of the country since the 15th century, as Pidgin English that has developed in the south-western areas since the 16th century and as Beti, a language group whose dialects have been natively spoken in the south-eastern areas. The present work is divided into two parts. Part One focuses first on the sociolinguistic contexts in which Camfranglais evolved and then on the linguistic features of this speech form. Part Two is a glossary which provides a lexical inventory of the most frequent Camfranglais terms used within the last decade. ISBN 9783862884513. LINCOM Studies in Pidgin and Creole Languages 13. 323pp. 2013.