Middlebury

FREN 6604

Historical Phonetics of French

Historical Phonetics of French

This course aims to provide an overview of the history of the phonetic system of the French language and the evolution of its spelling. We will explore the laws that generated phonetic transformations from Latin to contemporary French, and the impact they have had on the morphology of the French language. We will discuss the basic general and articulatory phonetics of today’s French language. We will focus on the study of different phonetic changes due to vowels and consonants.

No prior training in linguistics is required.

No required texts
Subject:
French
Department:
French
Division:
Language School
Requirements Fulfilled:
Linguistics

Sections in Summer 2013, LS 3 Week Session I

Summer 2013, LS 6 Week Session

FREN6604A-L13 Lecture (Tejedor De Felipe)