The Sounds of the French Language: Their Formation, Combination and Representation (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Paul Passy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1331921597 ISBN 13: 9781331921592

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2020

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Excerpt from The Sounds of the French Language: Their Formation, Combination and Representation The responsibility of issuing an English edition of my Sons du Francuis rests with Mr. Savory, who has invited Mr. Jones to collaborate in carrying out the project. Personally, I should as soon have thought of carrying water to the river as of publishing a work on phonetics in tho country of Ellis and Sweet, but I shall be only too glad if, as Mr. Savory confidently anticipates, the book meets with a warm welcome both in England and America. I wish it to be clearly understood, however, that this is an elementary work, intended for teachers and advanced students of French; it is not a scientific treatise for phonetic specialists. These last, should they read it, would find little to interest them. The book contains no new theories, no important discoveries, hardly anything that is not generally known and received. At the same time it is, of course, written on rigorously scientific lines; all facts mentioned have been carefully verified by myself, unless the contrary is expressly stated, and in the latter case nothing has been accepted save on the best authority. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

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Excerpt from The Sounds of the French Language: Their Formation, Combination and Representation

I may add that the present edition is not a mere trans lation. Many hints have been added, intended specially to meet the difficulties of English students and besides this there have been a good many alterations and addi tions on secondary points. Messrs. Savory and Jones are both of them eager phoneticians, and they have often suggested changes, which in several cases Ihave accepted as improvements. So that this may be considered, to all intents and purposes, as a seventh edition of my work.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

About the Author

Daniel Jones teaches at the University of Sussex.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 1331921597
• ISBN 13: 9781331921592
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 156