Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part one Introductory concepts
- Part two Vowels and glides
- Part three Consonants
- Part four Suprasegmentals
- Part five Appendices
- A The International Phonetic Association
- B Diacritic marks in French orthography
- C Outline of the history of French orthography
- D Sounds and letters in French: summary
- E A selection of h-aspiré words
- F Fundamental principles of French pronunciation: summary
- Bibliography
B - Diacritic marks in French orthography
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part one Introductory concepts
- Part two Vowels and glides
- Part three Consonants
- Part four Suprasegmentals
- Part five Appendices
- A The International Phonetic Association
- B Diacritic marks in French orthography
- C Outline of the history of French orthography
- D Sounds and letters in French: summary
- E A selection of h-aspiré words
- F Fundamental principles of French pronunciation: summary
- Bibliography
Summary
In addition to the letters of the alphabet, French orthography makes use of diacritic marks, i.e. special signs which can be combined with certain letters of the alphabet to form additional graphic symbols. There are five of these diacritic marks: the cedilla (‘la cédille’), the acute accent (‘l'accent aigu’), the grave accent (‘l'accent grave’), the circumflex accent (‘l'accent circonflexe’), and the diaeresis (‘le tréma’). Letters with diacritic marks do not have a special entry in the dictionary. Diacritic marks are usually omitted with capital letters.
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- The Sounds of FrenchAn Introduction, pp. 212 - 214Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1987