Isabelle Racine

Ecole de langue et civilisation françaises, Université de Genève

Session JEP poster P5   Jeudi 12 Juin - 10h30 12h30

• papier 1653 Timbre du schwa en français et variation régionale: une étude comparative


• Audrey Bürki  ( Laboratoire de Psycholinguistique expérimentale, Université de Genève)
• Isabelle Racine  ( Ecole de langue et civilisation françaises, Université de Genève)
• Helene-N. Andreassen  ( Universitetet i Tromso, CASTL)
• Cécile Fougeron  ( Laboratoire de Phonétique et phonologie, CNRS-Paris3/Sorbonne nouvelle)
• Ulrich Frauenfelder  ( Laboratoire de Psycholinguistique expérimentale, Université de Genève)
• Résumé : The spectral characteristics of the French schwa as well as its relation to its neighboors [œ] and [ø] are investigated. The origin of the speakers and the segmental context are controlled. Three regions are compared : Nyon (CH), Brunoy (F) and Québec (C). Schwa in Brunoy is more closed and less rounded than in the other regions. These same differences were observed for the entire vowel set. In all three regions, schwa differs from [œ] and [ø], on at least one formant. Often closer to [ø] in anteriority and aperture, it is closer to [œ] in rounding. Furthermore, the schwa vowel is not more variable than its neighbors. These results underline the necessity to take into account the origin of the speakers, the segmental context as well as the three first formants to describe this vowel.
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