The American SpeakerExcerpt from The American Speaker: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and Exercises on Pronunciation, Pauses, Inflections, Accent, and Emphasis Exercises on the Interrogation, Exclamation, and Parenthesis. Table of Inflections on the Series. Simple Commencing Series. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
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... upward or downward , or else go into a mono- tone or song . By the rising or falling inflection , is not meant the pitch of the voice in which the whole word is pronounced , or that loudness or softness which may accompany any pitch ...
... rising inflection . The distinction between the two em phatic inflections is this : The falling inflection affirms something in the emphasis , and denies what is opposed to it in the antithesis , while the emphasis with the rising ...
... rising inflection , this inflection must neces- sarily be adopted in verse . 6. It may be observed , indeed , that it is in the frequent use of the rising inflection , where prose would adopt the falling , that the song of poetry ...
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DIFFERENT Methods by which the Principles and Lessons may | 15 |
Sentences depending on Adjectives | 21 |
Exclamation | 28 |
Copyright | |
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