This study is based on an analysis of videos and transcripts of five films

Comme l'a note le philosophe Jacques Derrida, l'enregistrement des voix a ete l'un des evenements marquants du siecle passe. Le sociolinguiste William Labov s'est interesse aux motivations sociales des variations phonologiques, mais non pas a la voix en tant que telle. Les recherches effectuees sur la texture et la qualite de la voix ou la relation entre la voix et l'affect sont beaucoup plus rares. Le sujet est mentionne dans les discussions sur la musique, le doublage, le theatre et la traduction, sans toutefois etre analyse en profondeur. Les articles sur la voix correspondent en outre a un developpement relativement recent dans les domaines de la psycholinguistique et de la psychoacoustique, lie a un regain d'interet pour les etudes sur l'emotion de maniere generale. Le present recueil d'articles offre une perspective pluridisciplinaire au carrefour entre la sociolinguistique, la phonologie et les etudes cinematographiques.

An insight into French film through its actors: profiles of 175 actors and actresses of the French Cinema, illustrated with caricatures of each actor by Jenny BATLAY and Igor BRATUSEK. - Not just biographies, but personal sketches of the actors and actresses, looking at their personalities, acting, and careers. The book is presented alphabetically in mini-dictionary form, and its contributors include academics from around the world - from universities in Australia, Austria, Canada, Cyprus, France, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and throughout the United States - as well as journalists, film curators, and lovers of French cinema, both francophones and Francophiles. It contains a comprehensive alphabetical Index of 2,200 Films - mostly French Films (with their alternative English titles where these were issued), as well as American and European films in which the profiled French actors have appeared. Accurate biographical details (from original records) are provided, including birth names for those actors with a stage name different to their birth names.