"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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... natural language 1-2 3-4 II . MECHANISM OF THE INFLEXIONS Diagram of simple inflexions Pitch of the inflexions 7-11 Extent of the inflexions Diagram of compound inflexions CRÈ , 76 13 25 75 6 12 15 78 III . NOTATION OF THE INFLEXIONS ...
... natural language 1-2 3-4 II . MECHANISM OF THE INFLEXIONS Diagram of simple inflexions Pitch of the inflexions 7-11 Extent of the inflexions Diagram of compound inflexions CRÈ , 76 13 25 75 6 12 15 78 III . NOTATION OF THE INFLEXIONS ...
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... nature of accent and emphasis The new idea emphatic Accentual effect of priority of words Grammatical value of the ... Natural order of passionate expression II . EXPRESSIVENESS OF THE DIFFERENT FA- CIAL AND BODILY MOTIONS 37 165 166 209 ...
... nature of accent and emphasis The new idea emphatic Accentual effect of priority of words Grammatical value of the ... Natural order of passionate expression II . EXPRESSIVENESS OF THE DIFFERENT FA- CIAL AND BODILY MOTIONS 37 165 166 209 ...
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... Natural Freedom . 191 Slavery * 136 Night 95 Sorrow causing Forgetful- Occupation . * 35 ness 201 On Literary Extracts . * 162 Sources of Error * 96 On Poetry * 155 Spasmodic Emotion 136 On Revolutionary Outrages 156 Stability of Nature ...
... Natural Freedom . 191 Slavery * 136 Night 95 Sorrow causing Forgetful- Occupation . * 35 ness 201 On Literary Extracts . * 162 Sources of Error * 96 On Poetry * 155 Spasmodic Emotion 136 On Revolutionary Outrages 156 Stability of Nature ...
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... natural conservatism , this unreason , which is the principal cause of the maintenance of all error , there is another cause which is indeed a reason for the anomaly referred to , although the reason itself will be admitted to be ...
... natural conservatism , this unreason , which is the principal cause of the maintenance of all error , there is another cause which is indeed a reason for the anomaly referred to , although the reason itself will be admitted to be ...
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... natural powers of eloquence ? No ! They are those only who are themselves destitute of any pretensions to effectiveness . No man who is conscious of the ability to speak effectively can undervalue the power , and none who is not ...
... natural powers of eloquence ? No ! They are those only who are themselves destitute of any pretensions to effectiveness . No man who is conscious of the ability to speak effectively can undervalue the power , and none who is not ...
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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