"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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... tones Tones constitute a 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 ...
... tones Tones constitute a 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 ...
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... tones of speech have all a natural expressiveness , there is rarely any difficulty in acquiring command over them . The " science of sweet sounds " can only be effectively studied by those who have " an ear " for music , but the ...
... tones of speech have all a natural expressiveness , there is rarely any difficulty in acquiring command over them . The " science of sweet sounds " can only be effectively studied by those who have " an ear " for music , but the ...
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... tones of speaking and of singing which is denoted canting or sing - song . There can be no doubt that the school methods of scanning , and of reading poetry by the line , are directly productive of this worst and most prevailing ...
... tones of speaking and of singing which is denoted canting or sing - song . There can be no doubt that the school methods of scanning , and of reading poetry by the line , are directly productive of this worst and most prevailing ...
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... tones of speech , which has been insufficiently attended to . The vocal inflexions are primarily two , an upward and a downward movement . - These express the sentiments of appeal to the hearer , in the rising movement , and of ...
... tones of speech , which has been insufficiently attended to . The vocal inflexions are primarily two , an upward and a downward movement . - These express the sentiments of appeal to the hearer , in the rising movement , and of ...
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... tones of antithesis are not required , and the emphasis follows the general law , by which the idea new to the context , or uppermost in the speaker's mind . is rendered prominent by mere accentual stress , and with simple tones . It is ...
... tones of antithesis are not required , and the emphasis follows the general law , by which the idea new to the context , or uppermost in the speaker's mind . is rendered prominent by mere accentual stress , and with simple tones . It is ...
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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