French Sound Structure provides a comprehensive, detailed and well-illustrated description of the pronunciation of Modern StandardFrench, incorporating comments on regional and social variations, on abbreviatory processes and "word play," and on certain historical phonological changes which continue to be reflected in the contemporary language. The accompanying CD-ROM will be an invaluable asset to any student of French language, providing oral examples crucial to linguistic study.Table of ContentsChapter 1: The Object of DescriptionChapter 2: Key Descriptive and Theoretical ConceptsChapter 3: Basic Descriptive Units and DomainsChapter 4: Vowels and Semi-vowelsChapter 5: ConsonantsChapter 6: ProsodyChapter 7: Around the Phonological Periphery: Playing with LanguageAppendixReferencesIndex