The Bases of SpeechHarper & Brothers, 1946 - 610 pages |
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... fact . A person whose disbelief in a theory is based on the idea that the theory necessarily conflicts with his religious convictions will not be easily convinced that the facts in the case establish the theory with a reasonable ...
... fact . A person whose disbelief in a theory is based on the idea that the theory necessarily conflicts with his religious convictions will not be easily convinced that the facts in the case establish the theory with a reasonable ...
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... fact is that not everyone requires more breath to speak loudly than to speak in a normal voice . In fact , in a study of this subject , almost one - third of the 140 people studied used even less breath in speaking loudly than in ...
... fact is that not everyone requires more breath to speak loudly than to speak in a normal voice . In fact , in a study of this subject , almost one - third of the 140 people studied used even less breath in speaking loudly than in ...
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... fact that , strictly speaking , Chapter IV , The Phonetic Basis of Speech , belongs as a subdivision of this chapter , phonetics being a branch of linguistics . But for the practical purposes of this book it is best to place the ...
... fact that , strictly speaking , Chapter IV , The Phonetic Basis of Speech , belongs as a subdivision of this chapter , phonetics being a branch of linguistics . But for the practical purposes of this book it is best to place the ...
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