FRENCH-ACCENTED ENGLISH

VOWELS

VOWELS

Slightly different articulation of vowels

/e/ closer/higher in French e.g. bte vs bet

Lax (short) vs. tense (long) vowels

//-/:/ becomes /a/ //-/:/ becomes // //-/i:/ becomes /i/ e.g. live and leave both become [liv]

Full vowel inserted instead of schwa/syllabic /l/

people becomes [pipl] or perhaps [pipl]

Nasal vowels:

CONSONANTS

CONSONANTS

Semi-vowels/glides: /j/, //, /w/

Consonantal in nature. Non-syllabic but articulatory similar to closed vowels: /i/-/j/ (pied), /y/-// (puits), /u/-/w/ (oui)

No dark /l/ /t/ and /d/: typically alveolar plosives in English but dental plosives in French Final plosives/stops are produced with an audible release burst in French Non-realisation of /h/ No aspirated plosives (pack might be misheard as back) No // and // instead mispronounced /s/-/z/ or more rarely: /f//v/ or /t/-/d/ Post-alveolar // replaced by uvular // or perhaps /w/ Articulating /r/ despite non-rhoticity Might not pronounce 3rd person -s

STRESS AND EXAMPLES

In most varieties of French, the primary stressed syllable is the last full syllable Not involved in distinguishing the meaning of words

Vs. English: permit (noun), permit (verb)

Examples:
French3: (Nice, female, 22, AOL: 11, LOR: 0,2 yr.) http://accent.gmu.edu/searchsaa.php?function=detail&s peakerid=181 French21: (Amiens, male, 20, AOL: 9, LOR: 0.5 yr.)http://accent.gmu.edu/searchsaa.php?function=detail &speakerid=811 Soko, Ill Kill Her: http://youtu.be/Qhh-MJVWwXY