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A new book of likely interest to many afls-news subscribers has recently been published (October 2001) on: The Sounds of Contemporary French: articulation and diversity, by Aidan Coveney (Exeter University), 224pp. £19.99 in Paperback. Publisher; Elm Bank Books, Intellect Ltd, Bristol ISBN 1-902454-02-2 The book provides a detailed account of the movements of the lips, tongue and other speech organs with the help of tracings from films produced at the Institut de Phonétique de Strasbourg. A wide range of geographical and social accents of French is also discussed, and frequent comparisons are made with English and many other languages, drawing on sociolinguistic and cross-linguistic research. Elm Bank Books is an imprint owned by Intellect Ltd. Contact: Tom Lewis, Marketing Officer, Intellect, PO Box 862, Bristol BS99 1DE, UK tel/fax: 44 (0) 117 955 6811 e-mail: [log in to unmask] Distributor UK & World: Plymbridge Distributors, Estover Rd, Plymouth, PL6 7PY, UK Distributor N. America: ISBS, 5824 N.E. Hassalo St., Portland, Oregon, 97213-3644, USA. Distributor Australasia: Astam Books, 57-61 John St., Leichardt NSW 2040, Australia **************************************************** Dr Geoff Hare, French Dept, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, GB Tel. (44) (191) 222 7486. See Northern Media Research Group site : http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/NMRG/ and the Web Journal of French Media Studies : http://wjfms.ncl.ac.uk/ and list of French html links: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/links/french.htm My (academic) home page: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/staff/hare.htm