The Teacher's Manual: The sounds of EnglishMacmillan, 1913 |
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accented ænd alphabet auə breath consonant breath passage called CHAPTER Cockney Composite Consonants dæt dət distinguish ending examples ənd əv də foreign sounds formed front vowel glottis hard palate hear heard inflections larynx lips liquids loan words long vowel marking the stress mispronounced mistakes Murmur Diphthongs names nasal Nasal Vowels NOTES ON SOUNDS nounce nɔt observe occurs open consonants open vowel ordinary spelling ounli Paul Passy phonetic Prof prolonged pronounced secondary stress sentence sentǝns short vowels Soames soft palate sounds of English speakers speech stops stressed syllables student Syllabic Consonants syllable syllable division symbols TEACHER'S MANUAL teachers tongue trill Trilled Consonant Triphthongs University of Marburg unstressed verbs vocal organs voiced consonant vowel ǝ vowel follows vowel sound weak syllables weak vowels Weak Words wəz whilst wið
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Página 75 - Goods were therefore conveyed about the town almost exclusively in trucks drawn by dogs; and the richest inhabitants exhibited their wealth, not by riding in gilded carriages, but by walking the streets with trains of servants in rich liveries, and by keeping tables loaded with good cheer. The pomp of the christenings and burials far exceeded what was seen at any other place in England. The hospitality of the city was widely renowned, and especially the collations with which the sugar refiners regaled...
Página 75 - ... in the cellars. Goods were, therefore, conveyed about the town almost exclusively in trucks drawn by dogs ; and the richest inhabitants exhibited their wealth, not by riding in gilded carriages, but by walking the streets with trains of servants in rich liveries, and by keeping tables loaded with good cheer. The pomp of the christenings and burials far exceeded what was seen at any other place in England. The hospitality of the city was widely renowned, and especially the collations with which...
Página 18 - I* is generally formed by closing the breath passage in the centre with the point of the tongue against the upper gums, and letting the breath escape at the two sides, so that the stream of breath is divided, and it is often called a divided consonant. But some persons, myself among IP D the number, let the breath escape on one side only, so it seems better to call it a lateral or side consonant.
Página 24 - ... not opened as a slit, but with the corners drawn together, and the back of the tongue is raised towards the soft palate. So they may be called back-round continuants.
Página 56 - ... husband (hAzband), (3) an, like an in organ (o:gan) ; as in pen and ink (and), go and see (an), whilst in some familiar phrases, as in bread and butter, it is invariably weakened to (4) n. The d need not disappear before every consonant, but only before those with which it could not combine at the beginning of a word. We can use the form and in strong and well, cp. dwell, cold and raw, cp.