La réduction des groupes de consonnes finales en français de Montréal

Pupier, Paul; Drapeau, Lynn

doi:10.7202/800025ar

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“…This judgment agrees with the one given by Pupier and Drapeau (1973), but Thériault (2000) considers deletion to be impossible in this form, which might reflect a change in progress. 12.…”

Section: Datasupporting

confidence: 82%

“…Although the desire to find a unified account is certainly justified, I believe the present analysis gains in naturalness and simplicity (at least from a conceptual point of view, if not in the actual implementation), while being empirically adequate. By contrast, the SPE-type rule posited by Pupier and Drapeau (1973) and Kemp et al (1980) is extremely complex and makes the process look arbitrary. Moreover, the level of complexity of the rule would be significantly increased if it were to integrate the additional data included here but not taken into consideration in these early studies.…”

Section: Previous Analysesmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…The first description and analysis of cluster reduction in QF was proposed by Pupier and Drapeau (1973), who develop a SPE-type of account (in which they Brought to you by | University of Georgia Libraries Authenticated Download Date | 5/27/15 10:16 PM integrate some elements of sociolinguistic variable rules). Subsequent discussions include Kemp et al (1980), Walker (1984, Nikièma (1999) and Thériault (2000).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Subsequent discussions include Kemp et al (1980), Walker (1984, Nikièma (1999) and Thériault (2000). Kemp et al (1980) focus on the sociolinguistic aspects of this process and adopt for the most part the empirical conclusions and phonological analysis of Pupier and Drapeau (1973). Walker (1984) only provides a partial discussion as part of a general description of the phonology of Canadian French.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Second, independently from these empirical issues, Pupier and Drapeau (1973), Kemp et al (1980) and Nikièma (1999) propose a unique simplification rule for QF, whereas I take the process to be driven by two distinct but well-defined factors: sonority (the SSP) and perceptual salience. Although the desire to find a unified account is certainly justified, I believe the present analysis gains in naturalness and simplicity (at least from a conceptual point of view, if not in the actual implementation), while being empirically adequate.…”

Section: Previous Analysesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Consonant cluster simplification in Québec French

Côté

2004

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This paper investigates the process of word-final consonant cluster simplification in Québec French. Three categories of clusters are distinguished:(1) those that may be reduced in all lexical items (unrestricted simplification), (2) those that may be reduced in some lexical items but not in others (lexicallydetermined simplification), (3) those that are always stable. Consonant deletion is motivated by two distinct factors: the Sonority Sequencing Principle and a principle requiring that every segment be perceptually salient. The likelihood that a consonant deletes correlates with the degree to which it violates one of these principles. Appeal to perceptual factors explains in particular two tendencies. First, final stops are less susceptible to deletion than other consonants. Second, cluster simplification correlates with the amount of contrast within the cluster, in terms of voicing, manner and place of articulation. This analysis of cluster reduction supports the integration of perception in phonological theory advocated in a growing body of work. It is formalized within Optimality Theory and uses in particular perceptually-motivated markedness and faithfulness constraints militating against perceptually weak segments.

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“…This judgment agrees with the one given by Pupier and Drapeau (1973), but Thériault (2000) considers deletion to be impossible in this form, which might reflect a change in progress. 12.…”

Section: Datasupporting

confidence: 82%

Section: Previous Analysesmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Previous Analysesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Previous Analysesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Previous Analysesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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2004

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A note of final consonant deletion in modern French

Tranel

1976

Lingua

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Universal constraints on variably deleted final consonants: evidence from Spanish

Terrell

1977

Can. J. Linguist.

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One of the principle aims of research in linguistic theory is to discover linguistic universals which may be represented as a part of linguistic metatheory. In phonological theory there are many examples of such attempts. For example, the formal conventions proposed by Chomsky and Halle (1968) in The Sound Pattern of English were to represent universal constraints for natural languages.It has been shown on numerous occasions (for example, Labov, 1971) that phonological theory must be able to account for the systematic variability regularly present in all phonological systems. Although quantitative studies of phonological variability are still relatively new, it is important all the same to attempt to posit possible universal constraints, both formal and substantive, within the current formulation of variability theory in order to test the theory itself. Of particular interest are questions such as the following: What are universal constraints on the FORM of variable rules? Are there universal constraints on the types of environments in which variable rules may apply?

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La réduction des groupes de consonnes finales en français de Montréal

Cited by 12 publications

References 2 publications

Consonant cluster simplification in Québec French

Consonant cluster simplification in Québec French

A note of final consonant deletion in modern French

Universal constraints on variably deleted final consonants: evidence from Spanish

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