Journal of the International Phonetic Association

Table of Contents - 01 December 1993 - Volume 23, Issue 02  

Phonetic Representation Illustrations of the IPA

French

Cécile Fougerona1a2 and Caroline L. Smitha1a3

a1 UCLA Phonetics Laboratory, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1543, USA

a2 Institut de Phonétique, CNRS URA1027, Université Paris III

a3 Division of Head and Neck Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine

The following description of French is based on the speech of a young Parisian female speaker. Varieties of French have almost identical inventories; the main differences are to be found in the maintenance or loss of certain contrasts.