Conséquences du contact avec l’anglais sur la réalisation de la liaison et du schwa en français de Windsor, Canada

Prosodic Rhythm in Ontario French

“…Under such an explanation, their lower values of vocalic intervals could result from a more standardized pronunciation with a lower frequency of vernacular variants such as diphthongs and lengthened pretonic vowels, in addition to a higher rate of realization of liaison , which breaks sequences of vowels. Indeed, as observed by Poiré et al (2010) in text readings by Windsor speakers, women realize liaison more frequently than men. A closer examination of these phonetic and phonological variables would of course be necessary in order to confirm the explanation we propose here.…”

“…For example, on the lexical and morphosyntactic levels, we find borrowings, code switching and calques (Poplack, 1989; Mougeon and Beniak, 1991; Mougeon, 2004; Nadasdi, 2005). In terms of segmental phonology, in comparison to Quebec French, minority French in Ontario exhibits differences in the realization of glides (Poiré et al, 2007) and nasal vowels (Poiré et al, 2006), as well as in omission of schwa and realization of liaison (Poiré et al, 2010). 1 In terms of intonation, previous studies note similarities with English in fundamental frequency (F 0 ) declination (Cichocki and Lepetit, 1986), tonal inventory (Tremblay, 2007), and the frequency of falling contours (Kaminskaïa, 2013).…”