Orthophony: Or, Vocal Culture in Elocution: A Manual of Elementary Exercises, Adapted to Dr. Rush's "Philosophy of the Human Voice," and Designed as an Introduction to Russell's "American Elocutionist." |
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... language furnishes no appropriate designation . The authors of this manual , ( one of whom has devoted his chief attention to this department of elocution , ) have ventured to adopt , as a term convenient for the purpose , the word ...
... language furnishes no appropriate designation . The authors of this manual , ( one of whom has devoted his chief attention to this department of elocution , ) have ventured to adopt , as a term convenient for the purpose , the word ...
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... language . To pronounce a word properly , implies that we enunciate correctly all its syllables , and articulate distinctly the sounds of its letters . We commence with the study of articulation , as a func- tion of the smaller organs ...
... language . To pronounce a word properly , implies that we enunciate correctly all its syllables , and articulate distinctly the sounds of its letters . We commence with the study of articulation , as a func- tion of the smaller organs ...
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... language , as a guide to the mode of exerting the organs in producing them . Dr. Rush , in his Philosophy of the Voice , has adopted an arrangement of the elementary sounds of our language , which differs from that of grammarians , and ...
... language , as a guide to the mode of exerting the organs in producing them . Dr. Rush , in his Philosophy of the Voice , has adopted an arrangement of the elementary sounds of our language , which differs from that of grammarians , and ...
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... language , which begins and ends with precisely the same form of sound , and position of the organs of speech ; while the English a , as in ale , requires a slight upward movement of the tongue , to close it with propriety ; and hence ...
... language , which begins and ends with precisely the same form of sound , and position of the organs of speech ; while the English a , as in ale , requires a slight upward movement of the tongue , to close it with propriety ; and hence ...
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... language , may be observed in the current fault of the utterance which characterizes the popular style of England , and in which the vanish of this element is protruded to such an extent as to justify American caricaturists in repre ...
... language , may be observed in the current fault of the utterance which characterizes the popular style of England , and in which the vanish of this element is protruded to such an extent as to justify American caricaturists in repre ...
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abrupt accent appropriate appulsive articulation Aspirated pectoral aspirated quality breath character chest Coriolanus deep degree diatonic diphthong distinct downward earth effect Effusive orotund element elocution emotion enunciation epiglottis error examples exer exercise explosive expression Expulsive orotund fault feeling force forcible function gentle give glottis grave guttural habit hath heart heaven horror human voice imparting Impassioned language larynx light lips Lord Low pitch Median stress melody ment mode of utterance moderate mouth movement muscles musical scale nasal natural o'er Pathos pauses Pectoral Quality perfect pitch practice prolonged prosodial pure tone purity of tone radical stress reader or speaker reading Rush semitone sentence shouting sion slide soft solemn soul speaking speech style subdued Sublimity subtonic swell syllables Teacher in District thee thou tion tongue tonic trachea tranquil unimpassioned vanishing stress vivid vocal organs vocal sound voice wave whispering words