Consonant clusters and phonological syllables in French

Abstract This study presents an overview of consonant distribution in French words. Certain restrictions on consonant clustering are best accounted for by positing two types of rime, simple and compound. Syllables with a simple rime can occur anywhere but at the end of word. Their vowels can be followed by one consonant at most (cf., e.g., the syllable /ap/ in abstrait ). Syllables with a compound rime can occur only at the end of words. A compound rime (e.g. /erdr/ in perdre ) consists of a simple rime (/er/) and a syllable onset (/dr/). Other examples of compound rimes are /a.r/ in car , /u.vr/ in couvre , /ak.t/ in contact and /ek.str/ in ambidextre .

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