Re: Conlang baby-talk
| From: | Christian Thalmann <cinga@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, January 28, 2003, 9:51 |
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--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Sally Caves <scaves@F...> wrote:
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> What is French baby talk like?
French *is* baby talk. =))))
No, seriously: I think the fact that French is spoken so far to
the front of the mouth, with lots of pouty rounded vowels (even
the schwa is rounded!) and palatised* consonants, makes Francophones
(esp. women (esp. Laetitia Casta <G>)) sound cute. I guess that's
why the language is synonymous with romance in the US. ;-)
*) Palatisation: I don't know how true that is, but I find
myself to sound much more authentic when pronouncing most
consonants with a touch of palatisation. My "gare" sounds more
like [g_ja:R] than just [ga:R]. This might be a regionalism.
Christophe?
-- Christian Thalmann
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