'schwa' - articulation and use of a sound in the English and French language

By Sylvia Hadjetian

Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,0, University of London, course: Aspects of Contemporary French, language: English, abstract: Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Description of the schwa sound 3. The French / / sound 3.1. The French schwa at the end of the "mot phon tique" 3.2. The French schwa inside the "mot phon tique" 3.2.1. The schwa in front of a vowel 3.2.2. The schwa in front of consonants 3.3. The French schwa at the beginning of a "mot phon tique" 3.4. Several schwa sounds after each other 3.5. Proper names 4. The English schwa 4.1. Unaccented position 4.2. Initial position 4.3. Final position 4.4. Unstressed prefixes 4.5. Unstressed suffixes 5. Conclusion: Contrast of the English and French schwa sound Bibliography

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3638802280
• ISBN13: 9783638802284
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Length: 20 Pages
• Weight: 0.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.8" x 8.3"