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Vol. 11:2 (2020) ► pp.268–297

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L’Hypothèse d’Isochronie Syllabique Initiale appliquée au français L2

Une comparaison des caractéristiques rythmiques du français L2, du français L1 et du suédois L1

 | Université de Stockholm

Article language: French

Published online: 25 November 2020
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https://doi.org/10.1075/lia.19009.eng
Résumé
L’objectif principal de cette étude pilote est de tester expérimentalement ce que nous appelons l’Hypothèse d’Isochronie Syllabique Initiale. Selon cette hypothèse, les apprenants de L2 passent par une phase initiale pendant laquelle leurs productions orales présentent les caractéristiques rythmiques des langues dites à isochronie syllabique (telles que l’espagnol et le français). Pour cela, nous analysons des récits oraux d’apprenantes débutantes de français ayant le suédois pour langue maternelle (n = 6). Ces productions sont comparées à celles d’un groupe de locutrices natives du français (n = 6) et d’un groupe de locutrices natives du suédois (n = 6). Les caractéristiques rythmiques des récits en français L2, français L1 et suédois L1 sont étudiées à partir de deux mesures acoustiques, notamment le coefficient de variation de la durée syllabique, dont l’utilisation est préconisée par Patel, A. D. (2008). Music, language, and the brain. Oxford: Oxford University Press.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar pour déterminer si une langue est de type accentuel ou syllabique. Les mesures acoustiques employées permettent de confirmer que le français et le suédois appartiennent à des familles rythmiques distinctes. Les résultats de l’étude vont cependant à l’encontre de l’Hypothèse d’Isochronie Syllabique Initiale.
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Initial Syllabic Isochrony Hypothesis applied to French L2: Comparison of the rhythmic characteristics of French L2, French L1 and Swedish L1
The main objective of this pilot study is to experimentally test what we call the Initial Syllabic Isochrony Hypothesis. According to this hypothesis, L2 learners go through an initial phase in which their oral production presents the rhythmic characteristics of so-called syllable-timed languages (such as Spanish or French). For this purpose, story retellings by Swedish-speaking learners of French at beginner level (n = 6) are analysed. These retellings are compared to those of a group of native speakers of French (n = 6) and a group of native speakers of Swedish (n = 6). The rhythmic characteristics of the story retellings in L2 French, L1 French and L1 Swedish are studied using two acoustic measures, including the coefficient of variation of syllabic duration, whose use is recommended by Patel, A. D. (2008). Music, language, and the brain. Oxford: Oxford University Press.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar to determine whether a language is stress-timed or syllable-timed. The acoustic measures confirm that French and Swedish belong to distinct rhythmic families. The results of the study, however, do not support the Initial Syllabic Isochrony Hypothesis.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
    • 1.1Justification de l’étude
    • 1.2Langues à isochronie syllabique et langues à isochronie accentuelle
    • 1.3Classes rythmiques dans les études en acquisition
    • 1.4Caractéristiques rythmiques du français et du suédois
    • 1.5Questions de recherche et hypothèses
  • 2.Méthode
    • 2.1Corpus analysé et tâche proposée
    • 2.2Traitement et analyse des données
    • 2.3Indices acoustiques du rythme : coefficient de variation et contraste de durée syllabique
    • 2.4Principes de division syllabique
  • 3.Résultats
  • 4.Discussion
  • 5.Conclusion
  • Remarques
  • Références
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