Some aspects of /r/ articulation in French Vocal Speech
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https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2016/07/0018/000277Keywords:
singing, French, phonetic-phonological analysis, pronunciation modelsAbstract
This study analyses some common and individual strategies in choosing /r/-variants in French vocal speech. The problem of the /r/ pronunciation is approached from a new side by considering deviations from singers’ main /r/ articulation model. The following analysis has been done: examination of the individual and common preferences of 2 different generations of singers in /r/ articulation in French lyric songs and operatic arias; study of deviations frequency in different phonetic contexts in its relation to musical phrase boundaries.
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