A corpus-based study of the distribution of word-final schwa in Standard French and what it teaches us about its phonological status

What is commonly considered as an epenthetic vowel can actually refer to at least two different realities: phonological epenthesis or phonetic excrescence. French schwa, noted [ә], is a vowel alternating with zero and limited to unstressed syllables that can appear word-internally or word-finally. T...

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Main Authors: Mathilde Hutin, Adèle Jatteau, Ioana Vasilescu, Lori Lamel, Yaru Wu, Martine Adda-Decker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2021-12-01
Series:Isogloss
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Online Access:https://revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/article/view/152