Model
Digital Document
Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Description
Many textbooks either ignore or pay scant attention to
instruction on liaison. Commercial tapes designed to teach students
by example seldom provide good or consistent models for its use.
Nevertheless, since the process of liaison is a compli cated phenomenon
even for the French, it deserves careful pedagogical attention.
This thesis presents a study of the adequacy of instruction
on liaison in four sample texts and tapes. It also includes a
definition and brief history of liaison, a statement of its function,
and some general rules for students. Particular emphasis is placed
on the function of optional liaison as a stylistic determinant.
instruction on liaison. Commercial tapes designed to teach students
by example seldom provide good or consistent models for its use.
Nevertheless, since the process of liaison is a compli cated phenomenon
even for the French, it deserves careful pedagogical attention.
This thesis presents a study of the adequacy of instruction
on liaison in four sample texts and tapes. It also includes a
definition and brief history of liaison, a statement of its function,
and some general rules for students. Particular emphasis is placed
on the function of optional liaison as a stylistic determinant.
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