An Introduction to the Comparative Phonetics of English and French in North America
Marc Picard
[Studies in the Sciences of Language Series, 7] 1987. xi, 90 pp.
Marc Picard
List of John Benjamins publications for which Marc Picard plays a role.
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Subjects Comparative linguistics | English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Phonetics | Romance linguistics
Articles
2002 The differential substitution of English /θ ð/ in French: The case against underspecification in L2 phonology Lingvisticæ Investigationes 25:1, pp. 87–96 | Article
Summary One of the most interesting problems in second-language (L2) phonology is how to account for differential substitution. This is the phenomenon by which speakers who lack a certain segment (sequence) in their first language (L1) may adopt alternative language-specific replacement strategies… read more
1997 On the Effects of Frequency-Induced Phonological Change Diachronica 14:1, pp. 109–118 | Article
SUMMARY It has long been recognized that there are two basic types of sound change: phonetic change, which is intrinsically regular, and analogical change, which is basically irregular. In addition, it has been argued by Witold Manczak that in any language, about one third of the words manifest an… read more
1993 On the Evolution of PIE *gh in Latin and Faliscan Diachronica 10:1, pp. 139–143 | Miscellaneous
1991 La Prononciation Quand [t] Devant Consonne et L'hypercorrection Lingvisticæ Investigationes 15:2, pp. 425–428 | Discussion
1990 Sound Change in Romance and the Non-Explanatory Nature of Preference Laws Lingvisticæ Investigationes 14:1, pp. 65–80 | Article
In recent years, it has been proposed, notably by Vennemann and Murray, that the direction of sound change can be predicted in terms of a set of syllable-structure preference laws which are based on the notion of consonantal strength. This paper attempts to show how problematic such an approach… read more
1989 Consonant Epenthesis as a Regular Sound Change Diachronica 6:2, pp. 223–236 | Article
SUMMARY It has long been acknowledged that most types of sound change are intrinsically regular, and that their occasional failure to apply across the board can usually be ascribed to sundry extralinguistic forces. Just as well known is the fact that certain types of phonological processes are… read more
1980 Vowel Harmony and Morphophonemic Rules Issues in Vowel Harmony: Proceedings of the CUNY Linguistics Conference on Vowel Harmony, May 14, 1977, Vago, Robert M. (ed.), pp. 237 ff. | Article