Abstract
In French, there is a pronounced discrepancy between pronunciation and orthography; some letters do not correspond to any sound (mute letters): on the other hand, the same sound may be represented by different letters (été, chanter, nez, et). Some words, although spelled the same, are differently pronounced. Furthermore, for the same words, in certain cases, the pronunciation differs according to the sounding of final consonant before the initial vowel sound of the next word (e.g., un homme, deshommes). Some words are pronounced and written the same way although their meaning are quite different because their etymology or chronological appearance are different.
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Klees, M. (1989). Developmental Dyslexia in French Language. In: Aaron, P.G., Joshi, R.M. (eds) Reading and Writing Disorders in Different Orthographic Systems. NATO ASI Series, vol 52. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1041-6_7
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