"Elocutionary Manual.": The Principles of Elocution, with Exercises and Notations, for Pronunciation, Intonation, Emphasis, Gesture and Emotional ExpressionJ. P. Burbank, 1878 - 243 pages |
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Page vi
... accent 188-189 False accents in poetry 190 Sentential accents 191 Transposition of accent for emphasis 192-193 PART SECOND.- INFLEXION . I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES Essential characteristics of speaking tones Tones constitute a natural ...
... accent 188-189 False accents in poetry 190 Sentential accents 191 Transposition of accent for emphasis 192-193 PART SECOND.- INFLEXION . I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES Essential characteristics of speaking tones Tones constitute a natural ...
Page viii
... accent and emphasis The new idea emphatic Accentual effect of priority of words Grammatical value of the " Parts of Speech . " Principal and accessory parts of sentences Separate pronunciation of clauses Antithesis involved in emphasis ...
... accent and emphasis The new idea emphatic Accentual effect of priority of words Grammatical value of the " Parts of Speech . " Principal and accessory parts of sentences Separate pronunciation of clauses Antithesis involved in emphasis ...
Page xx
... accent , or emphatic stress , and this is regulated by the sense to be conveyed . The laws of emphasis form a study of the highest intellectual value , which has been too little investigated and systematized . No department of Elocu ...
... accent , or emphatic stress , and this is regulated by the sense to be conveyed . The laws of emphasis form a study of the highest intellectual value , which has been too little investigated and systematized . No department of Elocu ...
Page xxi
... accents in sentences constitutes what is called Rhythm . This succession is regular in metrical com- position , and irregular in prose . The regularity of rhythmus in poetry , while it favours a musical delivery , is very apt to lead ...
... accents in sentences constitutes what is called Rhythm . This succession is regular in metrical com- position , and irregular in prose . The regularity of rhythmus in poetry , while it favours a musical delivery , is very apt to lead ...
Page xxiii
... accent , or impulse of stress , produces two compound tones , which express the same sentiments with a suggestive reference to the antithesis of the utterance . No great observation was necessary to discover that all emphasis implies ...
... accent , or impulse of stress , produces two compound tones , which express the same sentiments with a suggestive reference to the antithesis of the utterance . No great observation was necessary to discover that all emphasis implies ...
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Elocutionary Manual. the Principles of Elocution, with Exercises and ... Alexander Melville Bell No preview available - 2015 |
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accented syllable action adverb antithesis articulation blood body brave breath Brutus Cæsar clause compound dead death Diphthong doth earth effect Elocution emphasis emphatic exercise expressive fall fear feel fool gesture give glottis grammatical grief hand happy hath head heart heaven honour house of York idea imitative implied inflexion labial larynx letters light lingual lips look lord marked mind modulation monophthong motion motley fool mouth nature never night notation nounced o'er P. J. Bailey passion pause phatic pitch poor predicate principle pronounced pronunciation reading rising Scotch sense sentence separate Shakespeare smile soft palate sorrow soul speak speaker spirit syllables tears tence thee thine things thou thought tion tones tongue unaccented unemphatic utterance verb Visible Speech vocal voice vowel sound W. E. Aytoun weep wind words wretched