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CONTENTS.
GENERAL DIVISION.
Articulation Intonation-Measure.
Page 25.
PART I.
Articulation.
CHAPTER I.
ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE.
ELEMENTS OF SPEECH-VOCALITY-VOWELS-SUB-VOWELS-ASPIRATES
-SIGNS-EXPLOSION
CHAPTER II.
TABLE OF ELEMENTS.
NOTATION OF SIGNS
CHAPTER III.
FAULTS OF THE ALPHABET.
THE SAME SIGN USED FOR DIFFERENT SOUNDS-THE SAME ELEMENT RE-
PRESENTED BY DIFFERENT SIGNS
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CHAPTER IV.
EXERCISES IN ARTICULATION.
Page 38.
CHAPTER V.
LIST OF WORDS DISPLAYING THE USE OF ALL THE ELEMENTS-ANALYSIS
OF SYLLABLES-STRESS
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CHAPTER VI.
COGNATES.
Page 47.
CHAPTER VII.
ACCENT.
Page 51.
CHAPTER VIII.
COMBINATIONS OF CONSONANT ELEMENTS.
Page 59.
CHAPTER IX.
SOUNDS OF 'W' AND 'WH.'
THE LETTER 'H'-THE INDEFINITE ARTICLE AND THE PARTICLE AN-
THE RHETORICAL PAUSE-EVENNESS OF TONE--NATURE OF HEAVY OR
ACCENTED SYLLABLES-QUANTITY-SHORT ACCENTED SYLLABLES-
FORCE OF PERCUSSION-LIST OF WORDS ADAPTED TO THE DISPLAY OF
QUANTITY-THE VANISH-ABRUPTNESS-TRANSITION
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CHAPTER XII.
PRONUNCIATION.
STANDARD OF PRONUNCIATION-ERRORS OF THE VULGAR-ERRORS OF
THE ERUDITE-CUSTOM-COMMON ERRORS CLASSIFIED-LIST OF WORDS
IN COMMON USE, ACCENTUATED ACCORDING TO THE MOST APPROVED
AUTHORITY
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PART II.
Intonation.
INFLECTION-PITCH-CADENCES.
RULE FOR ASCERTAINING KEY-NOTE OR NATURAL PITCH OF VOICE
CADENCE.
Page 100.
INFLECTION.
DISCRETE AND CONCRETE INTERVALS-MEASURE OF INFLECTIONS
THE INTERVALS OF THE MUSICAL SCALE.
THEIR APPLICATION AND SIGNIFICATION-CLOSE INTONATION-WIDE INTO-
NATION-NOTATION OF INFLECTION-EXAMPLES OF PASSAGES MARKED
FOR INFLECTION-EXCELLENT ILLUSTRATION FROM SCRIPTURE-MEA-
SURE OF INFLECTIONS SOMEWHAT PRECARIOUS-NO UNALTERABLE
PRESCRIPTION OF INTERVALS POSSIBLE
EMPHASIS.
107
ERRONEOUS VIEWS OF EMPHASIS-INFLECTION A MEANS OF EMPHASIS-
TOO FREQUENT EMPHASIS OBJECTIONABLE, AS DESTROYING THE HAR-
MONY OF LANGUAGE-A RETURNING MELODY TO BE AVOIDED-DIATONIC
MELODY OF SPEECH
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TRANSITION OF VOICE.
PARENTHESIS—PASSAGE FROM "RICHARD II.” MARKED FOR INFLECTION 116
THE STAGE WHISPER.
QUOTATIONS FROM “TWELFTH NIGHT,” FOR PRACTICE UPON STAGE WHIS-
POWER OF APPRECIATING RHYTHM-MONOSYLLABIC PROPERTY OF THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE-CLASSICAL TERMS-BEAUTY-THE ANGLO-SAXON
ELEMENT-STRENGTH-REQUISITES FOR A MODEL STYLE OF COMPOSI-
TION-PERTINENT QUOTATION FROM MACBETH"
PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATION OF MEASURE.
DOUBLE FUNCTION OF THE LARYNX-NECESSITY OF THE APPORTION-
MENT EXPLAINED-TWO ACCENTED SYLLABLES CANNOT BE UTTERED
BY A SINGLE EFFORT OF VOICE-ONE ACCENTED AND FOUR UNAC-
CENTED SYLLABLES MAY BE UTTERED BY A SINGLE EFFORT OF VOICE
-REQUISITES TO CONSTITUTE A MEASURE-A SINGLE SYLLABLE MAY
CONSTITUTE A MEASURE-SYLLABLES OF INDEFINITE QUANTITY-DIS-
TINCTION BETWEEN ACCENTED SYLLABLES-NOTATION OF MEASure,
OR SCORING OF LANGUAGE-BEATING TIME-DIFFICULTY OF BREAKING
UP THE ASSOCIATION-RESOURCE TO OBVIATE THIS DIFFICULTY-REST
IN THE SECOND MEMBER OF A MEASURE NOT DIFFICULT TO OBSERVE-
REST IN THE FIRST MEMBER DIFFICULT REASON EXPLAINED-DETAIL-
. 121
ED ANALYSIS OF MEASURE ILLUSTRATED BY PASSAGE FROM “YOUNG” 126
OBJECTIONS TO THE PRACTICE OF READING SCORED EXERCISES.
OBJECTION ANSWERED-DIRECTIONS FOR ACQUIRING THE ART OF READ-
ING SCORED EXERCISES-HOW THE SENSE IS AFFECTED BY NEGLECT
OF THE PRINCIPLES OF MEASURE
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ANALYSIS OF QUOTATION FROM "YOUNG" CONTINUED.
ADVANTAGES TO BE DERIVED FROM THE PRACTICE OF READING SCORED
LANGUAGE-DANGERS INCIDENT TO MECHANICAL AIDS-SUCH PRAC-
TICE TO BE USED UNDER LIMITATIONS-NO PRESCRIBED SCORING CAN
INDICATE THE ONLY POSSIBLE CORRECT READING-THE PRINCIPLES
NOT THE LESS BINDING AND INCONTROVERTIBLE
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DR. FRANKLIN'S JOURNEY FROM BOSTON TO PHILADELPHIA
FROM SHAKSPEARE'S HENRY IV.
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