Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in ... 1861 [and 1863], Volume 2C. Scribner, 1869 |
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Page 139
... breath emitted can be distinctly heard . Yet this is not yet our h , or the spiritus asper . An intention is required to change mere breathing into h ; the velum pendulum has to assume its proper position , and the breath thus jerked ...
... breath emitted can be distinctly heard . Yet this is not yet our h , or the spiritus asper . An intention is required to change mere breathing into h ; the velum pendulum has to assume its proper position , and the breath thus jerked ...
Page 140
... breath is slightly curbed or tempered by the pressure of the glottis , and if thus held in , it is emitted gently , it is properly called spiritus lenis , soft breath . We distinctly hear it , like a slight bubble , if we listen to the ...
... breath is slightly curbed or tempered by the pressure of the glottis , and if thus held in , it is emitted gently , it is properly called spiritus lenis , soft breath . We distinctly hear it , like a slight bubble , if we listen to the ...
Page 141
... breath which produces it , sonant . ha , the tone does not come out We might as well try to whistle and to sing at the same time.1 If we try to sing till the h is over . The reason of this is clear . If the breath that is to produce h ...
... breath which produces it , sonant . ha , the tone does not come out We might as well try to whistle and to sing at the same time.1 If we try to sing till the h is over . The reason of this is clear . If the breath that is to produce h ...
Page 142
... breath is checked near the chordæ vocales , and can there be intoned . This simplest breathing , in its double character of asper and lenis , can be modified in eight different ways by interposing certain barriers or gates formed by the ...
... breath is checked near the chordæ vocales , and can there be intoned . This simplest breathing , in its double character of asper and lenis , can be modified in eight different ways by interposing certain barriers or gates formed by the ...
Page 143
... breaths , in their double character of hard and soft . If , instead of allowing the breath to escape freely from the lungs to the lips , we hem it in by a bar- rier formed by lifting the tongue against the uvula , we get the sound of ch ...
... breaths , in their double character of hard and soft . If , instead of allowing the breath to escape freely from the lungs to the lips , we hem it in by a bar- rier formed by lifting the tongue against the uvula , we get the sound of ch ...
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Agni Alphabet ancient Angiras Anglo-Saxon Aryan languages aspirates Asvins breath bright called conception consonantal consonants cows Curtius dawn deity dental derived dialects distinct divine doubt Dyaus earth English etymology express father French German glottis gods Gothic Grammar Grammatik Greek Grimm Grimm's law guage guttural heaven hence Homer horse hymn idea Indra Italian Kafir Kuhn Kuhn's Zeitschrift labial Latin letters likewise Maruts meaning meant originally metaphor mind modern mother myth mythology nations nature never night noun Old High-German Old Norse philosophers phonetic poets Polynesian pronounced Rig-Veda Roman root Sanskrit Sarama Saranyû Savitar Saxon scholars Science of Language sense skrit Slavonic soft sonant sound speak speech spiritus asper spiritus lenis spoken supposed syllable tenuis Teutonic things thought tion tongue trace Tuisco twins Varuna Veda verb vibrations Vivasvat vowels words Yama Zeus δὲ καὶ τῶν