CATALOGUE. ACUSTICS, SPEECH. 



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suffer the sound to pass in part through the 

 nose : they may be marked by the same 

 characters as denote the pure vowels, with the 

 addition of the grave accent. 



Class 3. Pure semivowels. 

 L. Tlie point of the tongue is pressed 

 against the palate, the sound escapes laterally. 

 A. The point of the tongue is brought very 

 near to the palate, but the contact is closer a 

 little behind the point, the sound still escaping 

 further back. 



n. The point and middle of the tongue 

 press against the palate, the sound escaping 

 at the base, but not without difficulty. 



R. The middle and point of the tongue 

 strike the palate with a vibrating motion, the 

 point being drawn back. 



r. The point of the tongue is drawn back- 

 ward, and is brought very near to the palate, 

 but without a distinct vibration. 



V. The lower lip presses on the upper 

 teeth. 



A. The tongue presses against the upper 

 teeth. 



r. The middle of the tongue is brought 

 nearly into contact with the palate, the point 

 being a little depressed. 



Z. The point of the tongue is brought 

 nearly into contact with the upper teeth, the 

 air being forced against the edges of the 

 teeth with violence. 



J. The air is forced with violence against 

 the teeth, being first confined between the 

 tongue and palate immediately behind the 

 upper teeth. 



Class 4. Nasal semivowels. 

 M. The passage of the mouth is closed 

 by the lips. 



N. The passage of the mouth is closed by 

 the point of the tongue. 



n. The passage of the mouth is closed by 

 the middle of the tongue. 



Class 5. Mixed semivowels. 



V. The passage of the mouth is very nearly 



closed by the approach of the base of the 



tongue to the soft palate. 



Class f). Explosive letters. 



B, D, G. The tongue is placed as in M, 



N, n, respectively. 



Class 7. Susurrant letters. 



H. The breath is forced through the mouth, 



which is every where a little contracted. 



F, 0, X, S, 2. Differ from V, A, r, Z, J, 



respectively, only in the absence of the vocal 



sound. 



Class 8. Mutes. 



P, T, K, are distinguished from B, D, G, 



by the absence of the sound formed in the 



larynx. 



Examples, with the mode of writing the 

 words in these characters. 



I.E.Theman, eye, a window. E.aE MAN, 

 EI. E UiNDE. Le, repos. Fr. LE, REPO. 



2. A. Father. E. FAAEr. 



3. a. Ame, femme. Fr. M, FaM. Dank. 



G. D«nK. 



4. n. All, not, joy, owl. E. ilL, NiiT> 

 DJii/, aUL. 



5. a. Homme de robe. Fr.aMDERaB 



6. O. Old. E. OLD. Eaux. Fr.O. 



7. s. Jeu, oeil, Fr. Je, sIa. 



8. to. Jeux, noeuds. Fr. Jcu. Nw. 



9. u. But, shut. E. BuT,2uT. 

 10.U.Toofull.E.TUFUL. Vous, Fr. VU. 



11. y. Lugen. G. LurEN. 



12. T. Une laitue. Fr. tN LETt! In 

 Norfolk and in Devonshire the English U is 

 sometimes pronounced T. 



13. I. Ye see. E. d SI. Ici. Fr. ISI. 



14. 1. Lip. E. L?P. Mit. G. Mj'T. When 

 ' lip' is lengthened in singing, it does not be- 

 come ' leap.' 



