"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 xvi
... leading - strings which prevent self - effort , and destroy natural freedom , being rather fetters than assistances to one who has learned to walk alone . For instance , a certain movement of voice implies incom- pleteness of statement ...
... leading - strings which prevent self - effort , and destroy natural freedom , being rather fetters than assistances to one who has learned to walk alone . For instance , a certain movement of voice implies incom- pleteness of statement ...
Page xxiv
... leading grammatical word — noun and verb , or every qualifying word - adjective and adverb - is delivered with an intensity of stress which defeats its own object , and is as destitute of intelligent effect as that tame and drawling ...
... leading grammatical word — noun and verb , or every qualifying word - adjective and adverb - is delivered with an intensity of stress which defeats its own object , and is as destitute of intelligent effect as that tame and drawling ...
Page 43
... leading difference between the vernacular dialects north and south of the Tweed . In Scotland these vowels are monophthongs — that is , their sound is the same from beginning to end , thus a a and o o ; while in England these vowels are ...
... leading difference between the vernacular dialects north and south of the Tweed . In Scotland these vowels are monophthongs — that is , their sound is the same from beginning to end , thus a a and o o ; while in England these vowels are ...
Page 63
... leading Anglicism of Articulation has been already pointed out in our remarks on the letter R ( par . 68 , et seq . ) This element is distinctly articulated only before a vowel ; but less with a trill , than a smooth buzz- ing vibration ...
... leading Anglicism of Articulation has been already pointed out in our remarks on the letter R ( par . 68 , et seq . ) This element is distinctly articulated only before a vowel ; but less with a trill , than a smooth buzz- ing vibration ...
Page 64
... leading words that partake of this peculiarity : — card , kind , garden , guard , girl , guide , guile , guise . XVIII . SCOTTICISMS OF ARTICULATION . 159. The leading Scotticism of Articulation consists in the uniform and rough ...
... leading words that partake of this peculiarity : — card , kind , garden , guard , girl , guide , guile , guise . XVIII . SCOTTICISMS OF ARTICULATION . 159. The leading Scotticism of Articulation consists in the uniform and rough ...
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Common terms and phrases
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