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In:On Spoken French: An Ashby Reader
William J. Ashby
[Studies in Language Companion Series 226] 2023
► pp. 163–176

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The elision of /l/ in Modern French

 | University of California, Santa Barbara
Published online: 2 March 2023
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https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.226.c14
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Historical background
  • 3.The corpus
  • 4.Method and results
    • 4.1The clitic pronouns
      • 4.1.1Choice of clitic
      • 4.1.2Phonetic environment
      • 4.1.3Demographic factors
        • 4.1.3.1Sex of the speakers
        • 4.1.3.2Socio-economic class
        • 4.1.3.3Age
    • 4.2The definite articles
  • 5.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Appendix
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