A key to the pronunciation of French as spoken in Paris : with copious illustrations, methodically arranged, compiled from the best modern authorities, and adapted to the use of the English student / by Aristide Dellas

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Dellas, Aristide
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Melbourne : H.T. Dwight, 1868
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KEY TO THE PRONUNCIATION OF FRENCH AS SPOKEN IN PARIS. 1
KEY TO THE PRONUNCIATION OF FRENCH AS SPOKEN IN PARIS 5
PREFACE. 7
ERRATA. 8
CONTENTS. 9
ON PRONUNCIATION. 13
TABLE OF THE FRENCH SOUNDS, WITH THEIR APPROXIMATE ENGLISH STANDARD. 14
TABLE OF THE FRENCH SOUNDS, WITH THEIR APPROXIMATE ENGLISH STANDARD. 15
TABLE OF THE NASAL SOUNDS, WITH THEIR APPROXIMATE ENGLISH STANDARD. 16
TABLE OF FRENCH ARTICULATION, WITH THE APPROXIMATE ENGLISH STANDARD. 17
PART THE FIRST. 19
CHAPTER I. PRONUNCIATION OF THE VOWELS. 21
Section 1.-SIMPLE VOWELS. 21
Section 2.—DIPHTHONGS. 35
Section 3—NASAL VOWELS. 45
CHAPTER II. PRONUNCIATION OF THE CONSONANTS. 53
CHAPTER III. ON THE QUANTITY OF SYLLABLES. 81
Section 1.—SYLLABLES ALWAYS LONG. 81
Section 2.—SYLLABLES THAT ARE ALWAYS SHORT. 85
Section 3.—SYLLABLES SOMETIMES LONG, SOMETIMES SHORT. 87
ABE. 95
ABLE. 95
ACE. 95
AGNE. 96
AIDE. 96
AILLE. 96
AINE. 97
AME. 97
ANNE. 97
ASSE. 97
EINE. 98
ERRE. 98
ESSE. 98
ISSE. 98
OME. 98
ONE. 99
OSSE. 99
OUCHE. 99
OUDE. 99
OULE. 99
OUILLE. 100
OUSSE. 100
USSE. 100
PART THE SECOND. PRONUNCIATION OF WORDS UNITED IN PHRASES. 101
CHAPTER I. HOW WORDS ARE TO BE GROUPED. 103
Section 1.—PAUSES MARKED BY PUNCTUATION. 104
Section 2.—PAUSES NOT INDICATED BY PUNCTUATION. 105
CHAPTER II. WHEN AND HOW WORDS MUST BE UNITED. 111
Section 1.-CONSONANTS WHICH PRESERVE THEIR OWN SOUND. 112
Section 2.-CONSONANTS WHICH ARE SOFTENED WHEN UNITED. 122
Section 3.—CONSONANTS THAT BECOME HARSHER WHEN UNITED. 124

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