Functional substitution of a non-africate with an africate obstruent in the oral practice of French and Bulgarian languages Cover Image

Функционална субституция на неафрикатен с африкатен обструент в устната практика на френския и българския език
Functional substitution of a non-africate with an africate obstruent in the oral practice of French and Bulgarian languages

Author(s): Veska Kirilova
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Phonetics / Phonology, Comparative Linguistics, Eastern Slavic Languages, Stylistics
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: substitution; affrication; obstruents; oral practice; French language; Bulgarian language

Summary/Abstract: The present study examines some cases of functional substitution of non-affricate with affricate obstruents in the oral practice of the French language, some of its diatopic and diastratic variations, as well as the manifestation of this process in the Bulgarian language. The study finds that the affrication concerns only the plosive obstruents ([t], [d], [k], [g]) in the French language, while the affrication in the Bulgarian language is observed both with plosive ([t], [d]) and fricative obstruents ([c], [з], [ш], [ж]). The terms ‚direct‘ and ‚indirect affrication‘ are introduced. The study analyzes the phonetic causes of the substitution process under consideration.

  • Issue Year: 29/2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 127-135
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Bulgarian