The Bases of SpeechHarper & Brothers, 1946 - 610 pages |
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... English is analogous to that of Spanish ; as we have seen in the enumeration of the major English dialects , an even wider spread of territory is covered . Singularly enough , except in the British Isles themselves , the differences are ...
... English is analogous to that of Spanish ; as we have seen in the enumeration of the major English dialects , an even wider spread of territory is covered . Singularly enough , except in the British Isles themselves , the differences are ...
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... English represent palatalizations of O. E. , such as drench from drencan [ ' dreŋkan ] . Others have come into English through the French with palatalizations of Latin [ k ] , as chief and chef from caput ( head ) , gender from genus ...
... English represent palatalizations of O. E. , such as drench from drencan [ ' dreŋkan ] . Others have come into English through the French with palatalizations of Latin [ k ] , as chief and chef from caput ( head ) , gender from genus ...
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... English diphthongal vowels , substituted foreign con- sonants for English consonants unfamiliar to the original im- migrants , rhythms and intonations foreign to English , etc. After a long time , some of these characteristics may come ...
... English diphthongal vowels , substituted foreign con- sonants for English consonants unfamiliar to the original im- migrants , rhythms and intonations foreign to English , etc. After a long time , some of these characteristics may come ...
Contents
The Social Basis of Speech I | 1 |
The Psychological Basis of Speech | 340 |
The Genetic Basis of Speech | 419 |
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abdominal action American amplitude Appleton-Century Company articulation arytenoid attitudes audience axons basilar membrane become behavior body breath Broca's area called cartilage cerebrum Collect other examples communication complete consonant curve cycles decibels dialect diphthong effect emotional English Epiglottis Exercise fact fibers Figure frequency function human hyoid bone Ibid individual intensity John Samuel Kenyon Journal of Speech language larynx length linguistic listeners Macmillan Company means membrane motives movement muscles nasal nerve neurons object organs overtones person pharynx phonetic pitch posterior pressure pronounced pronunciation Psychology purpose reason reference relation response result ribs social sound waves speaker speaking spinal stimulus stressed syllables Substitution symbols theory things thinking thorax thyroid cartilage timbre tion tone tongue tube tympanic membrane unstressed utterance velum vibration vocal bands vocal folds voice vowel words spelled York