Gateway to French Melodies -- Diction Book

Song List: Special Cases: Words with R Other Special Cases Vowels That Change in Liaison Breath and Liaisons Some Controversial Liaisons Chapter 10: Singing French Verse French Songs: "Alouette," "French Church Bells," "Aupres de ma blonde," "Il est ne, le divin enfant" Numbers Summary of Final Consonants Bibliography Index to Definitions of Terms Index to Spellings Complete IPA Chart Phonemes of French Diction, a Gateway to Artistic Singing; Acknowledgments Phonetic Concepts Diction Concepts Phonetics Orthography Vowels Diphthongs Semivowels Consonants Syllables The French Language The Roots of Modern French The Unity of the French Language Characteristic Patterns and Sounds in French The Neutral Sound Comparing French to Other Languages A Standard for Classical French R in Sung French Mute E's in Sung French The Alphabet Diacritics Syllabication Final Consonant Letters Plurals Ending in S Homonyms Syllable Stress Connections Between Words Nasality Capitalization in French Titles Oral Vowels Practicing French Vowels Bright Vowels: /i e E a/ Dark Vowels: /u o O A/ Mixed Vowels: /y ¯ ? @/ Silent E Vowel Harmonization Nasal Vowels Nasal Vowels in IPA Spellings That Show Nasalization Practicing Nasal Vowels Nasal Vowels: /~A ~E ~O ?~ / Exceptions to Nasalization Semivowel: /j/ Distinguishing /i/ from /j/ Semivowel: /w/ Distinguishing /u/ from /w/ Semivowel: /?/ Distinguishing /y/ from /?/ A Semivowel at the End of a Word A Review of French Vowels and Semivowels French Consonant Phonemes Silent Consonant Letters Soft and Hard Pronunciations Dentalization Lack of Aspiration Geminated Consonants Consonant Clusters Nasal Consonants: /m n ?/ The Lateral Consonant /l/ The Trill Consonant /r Q/ Stop Consonants /p b t d k g/ Fricative Consonants /f v s z S Z/ How Words Link Vowel-to-Consonant Links Consonant-to-Consonant Links Vowel-to-Vowel Links Consonant-to-Vowel Links, Semivowel-to-Vowel Links Contractions Unwritten Elisions Liaisons Liaisons and Formality Conditions of Liaison The First Condition The Second Condition The Third Condition Special Cases: Idiomatic Expressions