title: Acoustical analysis of Canadian French word-final vowels in varying phonetic contexts.
abstract: This study analyzed Canadian French (CF) vowels /i y ø e ɛ o u a/ in word-final position. Of particular interest was the stability of /e-ɛ/; although some dialects of French have merged /e-ɛ/ to /e/ in word-final context, this contrast is maintained in CF. The present study investigated the stability of this contrast in various preceding phonetic contexts and in lexical vs morphological contrasts. Results showed that the contrast was maintained by all four speakers, although to varying degrees.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Psychology and Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Madison-Wisconsin, Waisman Center, 1500 Highland Avenue, Room 489, Madison, Wisconsin 53705-2280, USA flaw@wisc.edu.
authors.forename: Franzo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Law
authors.affiliation: Program in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, Graduate School and University Center-CUNY, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10016-4309, USA strange.win@aol.com.
authors.forename: Winifred
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Strange
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002170:Canada; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D010700:Phonetics; D013061:Speech Acoustics; D013068:Speech Production Measurement / Q000379:methods; D055815:Young Adult