"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
... positions of the oral organs Labial expressiveness XVII . ANGLICISMS OF ARTICULATION Sounds of R , Y and W. K and G XVIII . SCOTTICISMS OF ARTICULATION XIX . HIBERNICISMS OF ARTICULATION XX . AMERICANISMS OF ARTICULATION XXI . SYLLABIC ...
... positions of the oral organs Labial expressiveness XVII . ANGLICISMS OF ARTICULATION Sounds of R , Y and W. K and G XVIII . SCOTTICISMS OF ARTICULATION XIX . HIBERNICISMS OF ARTICULATION XX . AMERICANISMS OF ARTICULATION XXI . SYLLABIC ...
Page viii
... POSITIONS OF THE HAND AND ARM IN MOTION 216 Diagrams 37-38 VI . APPLICATION OF GESTURE 218 Directive gestures .-- their pictorial arrangement 44-47 Illustrative gestures 48-49 Emotive gestures 50 Colloquial gestures 52 VII . EXAMPLES OF ...
... POSITIONS OF THE HAND AND ARM IN MOTION 216 Diagrams 37-38 VI . APPLICATION OF GESTURE 218 Directive gestures .-- their pictorial arrangement 44-47 Illustrative gestures 48-49 Emotive gestures 50 Colloquial gestures 52 VII . EXAMPLES OF ...
Page ix
... Positions of the feet Motions of the arms Exercises on transitions IX . General Scheme of NoTATION FOR ATTI- TUDE AND MOTION The feet , lower limbs and trunk The arms The hands · Parts of the body on which the hands may be placed The ...
... Positions of the feet Motions of the arms Exercises on transitions IX . General Scheme of NoTATION FOR ATTI- TUDE AND MOTION The feet , lower limbs and trunk The arms The hands · Parts of the body on which the hands may be placed The ...
Page xvi
... . This is a miserable trifling with an art of such importance , - -an art that embraces the whole Science of Speech , as well as xvi INTRODUCTION . DEFECTS OF ARTICULATION Correct relative positions of the oral organs Labial expressiveness.
... . This is a miserable trifling with an art of such importance , - -an art that embraces the whole Science of Speech , as well as xvi INTRODUCTION . DEFECTS OF ARTICULATION Correct relative positions of the oral organs Labial expressiveness.
Page xxi
... position , and irregular in prose . The regularity of rhythmus in poetry , while it favours a musical delivery , is very apt to lead the voice into a tuneful movement , where music is not intended ; and the result is that nauseating ...
... position , and irregular in prose . The regularity of rhythmus in poetry , while it favours a musical delivery , is very apt to lead the voice into a tuneful movement , where music is not intended ; and the result is that nauseating ...
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