Monday, 4 February 2019

Wolf, George, Michele Bocquillon, Debbie De La Houssaye, Phyllis Krzyzek, Clifton Meyhard, Lisbeth Philip (1998) “Pronouncing French Names in New Orleans” in Integrational Linguistics: A First Reader (eds.) Roy Harris & George Wolf: 324-341. Oxford: Elsevier Science Ltd.


Introduction



Two theoretical discussions of pronunciation



Field observations of speakers’ remarks on pronunciation



i. The general problem: pronunciation of unfamiliar written forms



ii. Categories of non-bearers’ experience of names



iii. Bearers’ attitudes towards the pronunciations of their names



iv. Bearers’ strategies for managing public pronunciation of their names



Towards lay metalanguage

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