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Download full textHannahs, S. J. – 1989
An analysis of high vowel variation in Quebec French shows that the phenomenon can generally be accounted for in terms of stress and syllabic closure. However, it is also proposed that by positing underlying lax high vowels in the language, a more insightful analysis is achieved, suggesting that a process of high vowel tensing is occurring…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, Language Research, Language Variation
