O francês como língua de ritmo silábico: um estudo de caso das suas características acústicas

• Ano de defesa: 2015
• Autor(a) principal: Galastri, Eliane de Oliveira [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Linguística; Língua francesa; Língua francesa - Ritmo; Ortografia e silabação; Linguistics
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/127808; http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/cathedra/02-09-2015/000846499.pdf

According to Abercrombie (1965), languages are divided into two types of linguistic rhythm: accentual and syllabic (stress-timed language / syllable-timed language). The first type is characterized by the same amount of time spend to produce the rhythmic feet, while the second type is characterized by containing syllabic with fixed duration. In both cases, the rhythm is directly dependent from patterns of duration that are repeated. The accentual rhythm and their characteristics were studied by many researchers who studied almost exclusively English. However, the syllabic rhythm received little attention. For example, Halliday (1970) proposed a descriptive model for British English, but never proposed a model for a syllable timed language. Thus, the syllable-timed languages, were commonly described as those that have all syllables with the same duration. Their real characteristics were never taken into account. This paper analyzes and interprets acoustic and auditory prosodic features that form the rhythm of the French language, which is classified as syllable-timed language. This study contributes to a better understanding of the general characteristics of the syllable-timed languages. The research uses the software PRAAT for acoustic analysis. Intonation, intensity and the acoustic structure of formants of vowels were investigated with that software program. Finally, a comparison with other works found in the literature was made with specific discussion, aiming a better description of the syllable-timed languages. The analysis of French brings a contribution for the theme and suggests future researches