'schwa' - articulation and use of a sound in the English and French language

Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,0, University of London, course: Aspects of Contemporary French, language: English, abstract: Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Description of the schwa sound 3. The French / / sound 3.1. The French schwa at the end of the "mot phonétique" 3.2. The French schwa inside the "mot phonétique" 3.2.1. The schwa in front of a vowel 3.2.2. The schwa in front of consonants 3.3. The French schwa at the beginning of a "mot phonétique" 3.4. Several schwa sounds after each other 3.5. Proper names 4. The English schwa 4.1. Unaccented position 4.2. Initial position 4.3. Final position 4.4. Unstressed prefixes 4.5. Unstressed suffixes 5. Conclusion: Contrast of the English and French schwa sound Bibliography

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• Authors: Sylvia Hadjetian
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.12.2010
• EAN: 9783638802284
• ISBN: 978-3-638-80228-4
• No. of pages: 16
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 210 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 40 g
• Series: Akademische Schriftenreihe; Akademische Schriftenreihe, Bd. V43121; Akademische Schriftenreihe; Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V43121
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies