The obligatory contour principle in african and European varieties of French

Syllable structure in Old, Middle and Modern Persian: A contrastive analysis

Evolution of languages has always been of interest to linguists.  In this paper we study  the natural progress of the syllable structure from Old  Persian  (O.P)  to Middle Persian (Mi.P) and up to the Modern Persian (Mo.P). For this purpose all the words containing consonant sequences are collected from specific sources of each  of these  languages,  and then  analysed  according to the syllab...

The Necessity of Prior Notice in Administrative Decisions by looking at French law

The right to be heard as one of the main elements of the principle of right of defense,is one of the important rights that, particularly in recent decades, has been taken into consideration in administrative law, and plays a special role in protecting the rights and interests of citizens affected by administrative decisions. It should be noted that this principle and the necessity of its observ...

Prevalence of hepatitis A across various countries in the Middle East, African and Eastern European countries

Perspective of Mutual Recognition;Challenges and Mechanisms for Implementing it in the Area of European :::::::::union::::::::: Criminal Law

Abstract: Creation of new criminal law in the European ::::::::union:::::::: has led to an approximation of the criminal law of member states to each other. Compliance with this obligation for EU member states is due to the provisions of the Treaty of Lisbon. Main approach of the Treaty of Lisbon is to resort to the option of harmonizing the criminal laws of the member states, which is a new ch...

Comparing intonation of two varieties of French using normalized F0 values

Normalized F0 values measured from a specific prosodic domain (the Accentual Phrase, AP) are used in order to compare readings from four female speakers of two varieties of French: two Canadians (Quebec City area) and two French (Vendée area). Comparisons are based on APs with similar internal organization (contour, number of syllables, contourto-text timing) and identical position within an ut...