Abstract
Abstract: Caramazza, Yeni-Komshian, Zurif & Carbone (1973), have shown that voice onset time is not sufficient as a phonological cue for Canadian French speakers to make a categorical distinction between the voiced and voiceless forms of stop consonants. The present study was an attempt to determine if this fact could be generalized to other French dialects or if the particular nature of Canadian French could be ascribed to the peculiar development of a language in contact (with Canadian English in this case). The obtained results suggest that, unlike the case of Canadian French, voice onset time is phonemic in French. Further the pattern of results obtained for French, Canadian French and Canadian English could be explained in terms of an hypothesis of linguistic change.
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