The Distribution of /e/-/ε/ in French Verb Endings

Abstract

This study, the ninth in a series of reports on the ‘Paris Project’, was undertaken to investigate the status of /e/ and /Ε/ in verb endings in the dominant dialect of contemporary French, as it is spoken by educated middle-class Parisians. The data source is a collection of voice spectrograms derived from a corpus of surreptitiously taped conversations of representative speakers. The results show that the traditional /e/–/Ε/ phonemic opposition is still generally maintained, although the phonetic realization of /Ε/ in open syllables is approximately midway between canonical /e/ and /Ε/.

1,7-Dihydro-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecanephosphine oxide iodide

“…However, only one cyclen phosphine oxide is described in the database, namely cyclenphosphine oxide dihydrate, (II) (Oget et al, 1999). Compound (II) was first described in a patent (Richman, 1976) and the solution structure elucidated by NMR methods (Richman & Kubale, 1983). Although other cyclen phosphine chalcogenide derivatives have been synthesized (Oget et al, 1998), no structural information has been reported.…”