This study analyses occurrence of the uvular and alveolar /r/ in French sung speech; its material includes Art Songs written by French composers of the late 19th - early 20th century. At the first stage of this study the uvular consonant occurrence in different age groups of singers is compared, the main /r/_articulation model is considered for every singer. Then deviations from the alveolar articulation model, i. e. changes to the uvular /r/, are analyzed in various phonetic environment. The current study's results enable to conclude that (i) most of the alveolar [r] are maintained after the breath pause and before the semivowels, (ii) the uvular articulation exists in the Art Songs interpretation by French operatic singers representing different age groups.
Translated title of the contributionPHONETIC ENVIRONMENT EFFECT ON /r/ ARTICULATION IN FRENCH SUNG SPEECH
Original languageRussian
Pages (from-to)16-27
JournalТЕОРЕТИЧЕСКАЯ И ПРИКЛАДНАЯ ЛИНГВИСТИКА
Volume3
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017

    Scopus subject areas

  • Arts and Humanities(all)

    Research areas

  • FRENCH LANGUAGE, PHONETIC ENVIRONMENT, ARTICULATION, SUNG SPEECH, RHOTIC CONSONANTS

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