ELOCUTIONARY DRILL. 



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Exer. 18.— Repeat exercises 6 to 13 for each group of three. 



(3) Grroups of four. Proceed on the perpendiculars each in turn 

 leading: E-O-O-A, 0-0-A-E, 0-A-E-O, A-E-0-0. 

 Exer. 19. — Repeat exercises 6 to 13 for each group o: four. 



CONSONANT SOUNDS. 



1. Formation. — Beginning at tip of lips for P., the consonant for- 

 mation point moves backward to the base of the tongue and soft 

 palate for the gutturals H and Y (old English). The vertical 

 lines indicate that the lower letters have approximately the same 

 formation points as the upper. The word sibilant shows the 

 distinctive character of the letters so named. Of the liquids, m, 

 n, ng, are nasal, the rest oral. L is formed by holding the point 

 of the tongue on the D position, and driving the vocal current 

 round it, that is between the upper and the lower jaws : drop the 

 point of the tongue to form R. The regions of aspiration are the 

 teeth and back of the mouth, in both of which places the R can 

 ■be trilled. The figures show the medial positions for each group. 





Fi-. 12 









Labials or B 



Group. 





Thin. 



Medial. 



Aspirate 



Mutes. 



P. 



1 



E 





F. ~V 



Sibilants. 



* (ps) 









Liquids. 



oral 

 Nasal. 





m. 





