"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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... means by which the various sounds and articulations of speech are produced and modified . 4. The instrument of speech combines the qualities of a wind and of a stringed instrument : voice being produced by means of a current of air ...
... means by which the various sounds and articulations of speech are produced and modified . 4. The instrument of speech combines the qualities of a wind and of a stringed instrument : voice being produced by means of a current of air ...
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... means of the bony frame - work , or of the muscular base of the chest . The latter is the cor- rect mode of vocal expiration ; the former is exhausting and often injurious in its consequences . 14. Too much importance cannot be attached ...
... means of the bony frame - work , or of the muscular base of the chest . The latter is the cor- rect mode of vocal expiration ; the former is exhausting and often injurious in its consequences . 14. Too much importance cannot be attached ...
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... means of ordinary letters to tabulate the Universal Alphabet with intel- legibility ; although these vowels are all written by the following six symbols in Visible Speech " : | † • ~ { A [ All Visible Speech publications can be obtained ...
... means of ordinary letters to tabulate the Universal Alphabet with intel- legibility ; although these vowels are all written by the following six symbols in Visible Speech " : | † • ~ { A [ All Visible Speech publications can be obtained ...
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... means of correction , with copious Exercises , - -see " Dictionary of English Sounds " - in the Author's " Principles of Speech and Cure of Stammer- ing . " labial . A tapers into e by the progressive ascent VOWEL ANGLICISMS 43 ...
... means of correction , with copious Exercises , - -see " Dictionary of English Sounds " - in the Author's " Principles of Speech and Cure of Stammer- ing . " labial . A tapers into e by the progressive ascent VOWEL ANGLICISMS 43 ...
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... mean , steel , & c . , pronounced fěte , měne , stěle , & c.— Vowel 1 , as No. 3 , short ; as in deal , meal , seat , conceit , & c . , pro- nounced dăle , măle , săte , & c . 74. Vowel 2 , too open ; as in fill , crib , dig , him , & c ...
... mean , steel , & c . , pronounced fěte , měne , stěle , & c.— Vowel 1 , as No. 3 , short ; as in deal , meal , seat , conceit , & c . , pro- nounced dăle , măle , săte , & c . 74. Vowel 2 , too open ; as in fill , crib , dig , him , & c ...
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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