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Article on pronunciation of French consonants
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Neil Coffey
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Jan 8, 2013

In case it is of interest to any colleagues here, I just wanted to mention an article on the pronunciation of French stop consonants I wrote recently that has now been published here: http://ezinearticles.com/?Improve-Your-French-Pronunciation:-Stop-Consonants&id=7449873

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In case it is of interest to any colleagues here, I just wanted to mention an article on the pronunciation of French stop consonants I wrote recently that has now been published here: http://ezinearticles.com/?Improve-Your-French-Pronunciation:-Stop-Consonants&id=7449873

This is intended to be the first in a series of articles. Comments are always welcome! ▲ Collapse
 
Michele Fauble
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Voice onset time Jan 8, 2013

When explaining the difference between English and French stop consonants, I find it useful to introduce the concept of voice onset time (VOT).
 
Neil Coffey
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VOT Jan 8, 2013

Hi Michele -- you raise a very interesting point. After hesitating about this a little, I decided in the end to focus more on "what the articulators are doing" (whereas VOT is if you like a way of gauging/comparing the 'resulting effect', or a way of classifying the stop system). I was also trying to strike a balance between how much technical terminology to introduce while trying to explain things "in layman's terms". But it's interesting that you say students have found the concept of VOT help... See more
Hi Michele -- you raise a very interesting point. After hesitating about this a little, I decided in the end to focus more on "what the articulators are doing" (whereas VOT is if you like a way of gauging/comparing the 'resulting effect', or a way of classifying the stop system). I was also trying to strike a balance between how much technical terminology to introduce while trying to explain things "in layman's terms". But it's interesting that you say students have found the concept of VOT helpful.

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