Distribution of mid vowels in Norwegian learners of French: The impact of transfer

• Main Authors: Andreassen, Helene N., Lyche, Chantal
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: University of Agder & Nord University 2017
• Subjects: VDP::Humaniora: 000::Språkvitenskapelige fag: 010::Allmenn språkvitenskap og fonetikk: 011; VDP::Humanities: 000::Linguistics: 010::General linguistics and phonetics: 011; Andrespråksforskning / Second language acquisition; Fonologi / Phonology; Fransk språk / French language; Norsk språk / Norwegian; Andreassen; Norway; Tromsø
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/10390

Presentation held at Fonologi i Norden (FINo), 24-25 February 2017, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway In French, the output quality of the mid vowels /E, Ø, O/ is to a large extent governed by the “Loi de Position”, whereby the close-mid variant [e, ø, o] is selected in open syllables, and t...