SPOKEN FRENCH: THEORY AND PRACTICE 16.7 2nd or 3rd year Assoc Prof Monique Burston. 116-115 or 116-202, or equivalent. Second semester Two one-hour lectures and a one-hour tutorial a week. Students completing this subject should be able to:
  • recognise, transcribe and describe the sounds of French;
  • understand some of the mechanisms governing linking phenomena and intonation patterns;
  • be familiar with two theoretical approaches of phonological description (structuralist and generative);
  • be aware of grammatical and pragmatic rules specific to the colloquial language.
Articulatory phonetics; phonology (segmental and phrasal); the concept of phoneme; phonological features and phonological rules. Phonological and grammatical characteristics of the colloquial language; aspects of the French spoken by young people. The lectures will be predominantly in French. one test (not more than 90 minutes) (40 per cent); one essay (not more than 1,200 words) (30 per cent); practical work and problem solving exercise (30 per cent). Gadet F Le Franç ais ordinaire A. Colin 1989 Tranel B The Sounds of French CUP 1987 SPOKEN FRENCH THEORY AND PRACTICE 16.7 Assoc. Prof. Monique Burston. 116-115 or 116-202, or equivalent. Second semester. Two one-hour lectures and a one-hour tutorial each week. Students completing this subject should be able to:
  • recognise, transcribe and describe the sounds of French;
  • understand some of the mechanisms governing linking phenomena and intonation patterns;
  • be familiar with two theoretical approaches of phonological description (structuralist and generative);
  • be aware of grammatical and pragmatic rules specific to the colloquial language.
Articulatory phonetics; phonology (segmental and phrasal); the concept of phoneme; phonological features and phonological rules. Phonological and grammatical characteristics of the colloquial language; aspects of the French spoken by young people. The lectures will be predominantly in French. One test (not more than 90 minutes) (40 per cent); one essay (not more than 1,200 words) (30 per cent); practical work and problem solving exercise (30 per cent). Gadet F Le Franç ais ordinaire A. Colin 1989 Tranel B The Sounds of French CUP 1987