"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 36
... Round " or labialized variety ; so that the Alphabet of Visible Speech contains thirty - six simple vowels . The number is extended by diacritic signs to no fewer than One Hundred and Eighty possible shades of vowel quality for which a ...
... Round " or labialized variety ; so that the Alphabet of Visible Speech contains thirty - six simple vowels . The number is extended by diacritic signs to no fewer than One Hundred and Eighty possible shades of vowel quality for which a ...
Page 49
... Round " vowel of Visible Speech . 96. Vowel 10 nearly as 6 ; as in all , want , thought , honest , law , & c . The sound is the " Low Mixed Wide Round " vowel of Visible Speech . 97. Vowel 12 , as a monophthong , ( see par . 65. ) 98 ...
... Round " vowel of Visible Speech . 96. Vowel 10 nearly as 6 ; as in all , want , thought , honest , law , & c . The sound is the " Low Mixed Wide Round " vowel of Visible Speech . 97. Vowel 12 , as a monophthong , ( see par . 65. ) 98 ...
Page 69
... round the lobby . Don't run along the wrong labyrinth . His right leg lagged in the race . Don't run a- long the lane in the rain . Lucy likes light literature . Let me recollect a little . A little tittle . A little ninny . A little ...
... round the lobby . Don't run along the wrong labyrinth . His right leg lagged in the race . Don't run a- long the lane in the rain . Lucy likes light literature . Let me recollect a little . A little tittle . A little ninny . A little ...
Page 80
... rounded transitions of natural inflexion . The following summary of the expressiveness of the various vocal movements will assist in giving to the exercises that quality of conversational effect which is , above all , to be cultivated ...
... rounded transitions of natural inflexion . The following summary of the expressiveness of the various vocal movements will assist in giving to the exercises that quality of conversational effect which is , above all , to be cultivated ...
Page 88
... round about - With clouds - steeped in the rainbow's richest dyes ; So fair , - so full of light - and living glory , - That- with the ancient Persian , - one - might deem Him - god- of all- he looks upon below.- His setting- ushers in ...
... round about - With clouds - steeped in the rainbow's richest dyes ; So fair , - so full of light - and living glory , - That- with the ancient Persian , - one - might deem Him - god- of all- he looks upon below.- His setting- ushers in ...
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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