| 单词 | vowel sound |
| 例句 | “Er,” Henry says, adding to the list of vowel sounds he has to show for himself. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z For myself, I am still haunted by those vowel sounds and those uniquely ungrammatical sentences only she could dream up! The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He muddles his vowel sounds, drops some consonants and even whole syllables. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The title track features what’s presented as the least-performed singing — listen to how she flattens out the vowel sounds, as a sort of gesture of accessibility — but it is too unsteady to lean on. Lady Gaga’s Stripped-Down New Album Fishes for Inspiration 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Having grown up in Essex, he first fell for Bragg's love songs, and felt their impact all the more because of the author's familiar vowel sounds. Billy Bragg: Barking's Woody Guthrie on 30 years of songs and activism 2013-03-26T17:00:32Z When she turned to Russian, the vowel sounds were certainly different, but there was no way to discern the text, or the language. At the Phillips Collection, soprano Abigail Mitchell has room to grow 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z In person, her bright eyes, smooth skin and famously fluttering voice — restrained in conversation, though the occasional vowel sound answers a higher calling — project youthful tenderness. Erykah Badu Helped Define ‘Wokeness.’ Now She’s a Target. 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z When Gucci Mane finds a vowel sound he loves, get out of the way. The Playlist: New Songs From Prince and Garth Brooks, if You Can Find Them 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z But as spoken in original pronunciation, the repetition of the double vowel sound breaks the famous rhythm. Shakespeare the Way It Was Meant to Be Spoken 2013-09-20T14:29:04Z Murray worked with a voice coach to break down the unusual mix of vowel sounds in Roosevelt's speech. Bill Murray mulls Oscar prospects as Roosevelt 2012-09-13T14:24:08Z Its Italian incarnation sounds softer, less strident, but the vowel sounds have wisely been retained for the chorus. Readers recommend: foreign language versions ? the results 2011-03-10T17:26:30Z Tracing regional dialects creates a sort of audio map of history, with ethnicity, migration and other languages affecting every vowel sound that crosses our lips. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z For example, in the song “Black Cow,” Breithaupt discusses the “meticulously matched” vowel sounds of the lyrics’ inside lines. Reading Steely Dan: The lyrical genius that helped define a decade 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z While checking in with his mother in Georgia he’d drift into a black southern lilt, subtly prolonging vowel sounds as he reverted to his childhood timbre. Sorry to Bother You shows why black Americans code-switch to survive 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z But during the rehearsal, observed by video call, Treloar sang the word as though it were a grand encore, teasing its vowel sound into generous helpings of ornamentation. An Eagerly Awaited Opera, Delayed by the Pandemic, Opens at Last 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z He explained that the easiest vocalizations for a human to make are open-mouth vowel sounds. Why all babies say “mama” 2013-05-13T16:16:00Z But the song takes off in the nonverbal moments of the chorus, when electric guitars surge and the Soweto Gospel Choir backs him in the exultant vowel sounds of “i, o, i, o.” Drake Surprises With a Kim Kardashian Sample, and 11 More New Songs 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z “These beautiful vowel sounds could have been yours but instead from sea to shining sea you speak like you just burnt your tongue on a hot apple pie.” John Oliver Reminds U.S. What It Lost on Independence Day 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z For how is it that a toddler so quickly and effortlessly puts those fancy new vowel sounds together into meaningful, grammatically correct sentences? Get to Know Your Larynx. Then Make Some Noise. 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z Student draws out her vowel sounds in proper Atlanta fashion and is partial to densely packed, quickly spat rhymes. New Music: New Albums by Iggy Azalea, Kelis and Glen David Andrews 2014-04-21T22:02:03Z On your next breath, using any vowel sound, you’re to sing the tone in your mind. Join a Musical Meditation Bringing Together Hundreds Worldwide 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z All the hooks in the song were worked up to their finished state, but most of the verses were unfinished, often mere vowel sounds. Blank Space: What Kind of Genius Is Max Martin? 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z His rumbling vibrations wrapped themselves up in the vowel sounds of Mr. Graves’s drums. The Month in Live Jazz: 5 Standout Shows 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z Intonation tends to rise at the end of sentences, while vowel sounds tend to shift in such as way that the word "brown" ends up sounding more like "brune." The exit factor: Britain's sweetheart dumped in US 2011-05-27T16:24:13Z This differs from the way these words are pronounced in a so-called General American accent, in which a speaker glides through two different vowel sounds, resulting in something like "aight" in "right." TikTok, #BamaRush and the irresistible allure of mocking Southern accents 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z Dressed casually in button-down shirt and sneakers, Quinn is big on the virtue of long vowel sounds. ‘Small Talk’ Review: The Art of Meaningless Banter 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z The vowel sounds a little bit different, but it’ll be fine.’ Kate Winslet Has No Filter 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z And when she echoes the way YG hits his thick, low vowel sounds, she shows a flash of a sense of humor, too. The Playlist: Mariah Carey Shakes It Off, and Depeche Mode Looks for Revolution 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z But I still cringed every time my parents tried to get around the English connotations of his nickname by drawing out different vowel sounds: asking after SHAH-dee or how is SHAD-ee doing? Modern Love: The Hardest Lesson to Learn 2011-02-04T18:20:03Z I expected driving on the left and accents that commit untold horrors to American vowel sounds. Frugal Traveler Blog: Notes From a New Zealand Newbie 2012-03-22T18:00:48Z They also seem to recognize when a vowel sound has been swapped out in their name, Mallikarjun says, but they can’t always tell the difference when a consonant sound is switched. Can Dogs Use Language? 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z You have a beautiful passage about your name, Aomawa, and how the vowel sounds carry their own meaning just by being. Only 26 Black Women Have Ever Become Astrophysicists in the U.S. Here’s One’s Story 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z This matters because it creates a short vowel sound, meaning the letter “A” in the word is pronounced as “ah.” This school reopened quickly after COVID. Kids’ reading was still behind 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z By late last year, Mr. DeSantis was alternating back and forth on the long and short vowel sounds in his last name. Deh-Santis or Dee-Santis? Even He Has Been Inconsistent 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Strung together, these consonants created words in which vowel sounds were interpreted by the order of the consonants. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z His song titles often feature extraneous umlauts, and while the accent mark highlights different vowel sounds, Yeat seems obsessed with creating new sounds entirely. Four concerts to catch in the D.C. area over the next several days 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Begin with vowel sounds, said Leith McPherson, the supervising dialect coach on “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” Explaining Hollywood: How to get a job as a dialect coach 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z "When I was a kid, my dad warned us we wouldn't be taken seriously because my vowel sounds were very Brummie," Ms Philips said. MP Jess Phillips praises Brummie accent 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z For instance, people tend to try out many different vowel sounds and combinations when talking to babies, “exploring the vowel space,” as Mr. Moser put it. ‘Parentese’ is Truly a Lingua Franca, Global Study Finds 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z "It shares a lot of vowel sounds with Spanish!" Lord of the Rings: Prequel trailer wows fans as it reveals rare female dwarf 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z “Vowel team makes the long vowel sound,” they chimed back, leaving their desks to sit at the back of the room. Fed up with lackluster reading scores, Wenatchee schools turned to science 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z As a side note, the Russians add an extra vowel sound to their hallelujah and drop the “H” so it is pronounced Ah-lay-lu-ee-yah. Hallelujah! The remarkable story behind this joyful word 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z The new arrangement was to have been performed without instrumental accompaniment by a choir who would have vocalised the tune, a style of singing often using vowel sounds but not full words. The Snowman: BBC pulls Christmas radio special after composer's complaint 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Hegarty says a key to doing any accent convincingly is not only grasping its distinctive vowel sounds but also being conscious of how they shift depending on where they land in a word or phrase. How Kate Winslet nailed the accent TV fans can't stop talking about 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z On his 2019 hit “Dior,” he seeks out open-ended vowel sounds, like the long “o” in the title word, stressing the syllable to showcase the low rumble of his voice. The Artists Dismantling the Barriers Between Rap and Poetry 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z “In Spanish, there are five vowel sounds. They come to English and all of a sudden there’s 18 vowel sounds,” said Heinz. Fed up with lackluster reading scores, Wenatchee schools turned to science 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z “Gucci’s pronunciation follows a very particular cadence — he uses a much greater variety of vowel sounds, for instance, than your average TTS reader would,” says Greenberg. Project Gucciberg offers classic audiobooks read by an AI deepfake of Gucci Mane 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z Drag a blob up or down, and you’ll change what pitch they sing in; drag them from side to side, and you’ll change the vowel sound. Let the dulcet tones of Google’s Blob Opera ring in the holiday season with machine learning 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z By spring 2019, after intensive therapy, he was speaking again: first vowel sounds, then simple phrases, like “I love you” and “thank you”, and later full sentences. 'Is anybody in there?' Life on the inside as a locked-in patient 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z At the same time, white suburban residents who have preserved something closer to a Yat accent have started picking up their R’s and pronouncing “about” with a somewhat Canadian rounded vowel sound. 15 years after Katrina, does New Orleans sound different? 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z Another paper, published in January by researchers from the University of California, Davis, found the vowel sound “e” in “need” produces more droplets than the “a” in “saw,” or “o” in “mood.” Talking Can Generate Coronavirus Droplets That Linger Up to 14 Minutes 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z It's not necessarily the actual words I'm saying, but sometimes the vowel sounds contribute to the hookiness of the melody. Charli XCX on her lockdown album: 'Why didn't I do this before?' 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z Users were asked to cough, record vowel sounds and recite the alphabet, as well as provide details about themselves. Covid-19 detecting apps run into privacy issues 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z Tiles connect when the character on them matches an adjacent tile in one of two ways: either they have the same starting consonant sound or the same vowel sound. Kana Quest is a great puzzle game that just so happens to also teach you Japanese 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z In 2013 David Howard, an electronic engineer now at Royal Holloway, University of London, was demonstrating one such model—a “vocal tract organ” that plays vowel sounds through a 3-D-printed replica of a larynx. 3-D Printing Gives Voice to a 3,000-Year-Old Mummy 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z By using the vocal tract with an artificial larynx sound, they synthesised a vowel sound meant to be similar to the voice of Nesyamun. Voice of 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy heard again 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z The first half of his narration is accompanied by the deepest male choir yet heard in the saga, chanting a single low B on naked vowel sounds, in the style of Tibetan Gyuto monks. Perspective | How John Williams’s Star Wars score pulls us to the dark side 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z What is the vowel sound in the first syllable? Students with dyslexia struggle in Washington. Will a fresh approach to reading instruction be enough? 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z “I was so into how my music was going to sound I just wanted one word with a vowel sound. Whatever the word was it didn’t make a difference!” Burt Bacharach: 'Trump is dangerous – my songs are a form of resistance' 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z And Mrs. Maslen’s readers — a few Oregon students in the mid-1970s and then millions of children across the country — had learned a short vowel sound and finished their first book. Bobby Lynn Maslen, whose Bob Books helped millions become readers, dies at 87 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z At a recent meeting, students practiced writing vowel sounds and learned how to politely address extended family members. Wisconsin students celebrate Hmong language, culture 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z “The R influences the vowel sound. It’s not exactly right, but a bigger proportion of the country says it that way, says it technically wrong, so that it’s not really wrong anymore.” The Accent Whisperers of Hollywood 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Crucially, the models showed the macaques were capable of vowel sounds, as in “bat,” “bet,” “bit,” “but” and “bought.” Why can’t monkeys talk? Scientists rumble over a curious question. 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Shen and Harris tested their chip by training a simple neural network to identify different vowel sounds. Light-Powered Computers Brighten AI's Future 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z The researchers then tested their optical neural network on a real-world task: recognizing vowel sounds. Computer chip mimics human brain, with light beams for neurons 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z The name of the business, DO, is pronounced “dough” and rendered with a line over the O indicating a long vowel sound. 1 scoop or 2? Raw cookie dough is latest NYC food fad 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z Our mouths also have a lot of trouble linking one vowel sound to another. The Accent Whisperers of Hollywood 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z What he called “monkey-speech” still could not produce the long E vowel sound, as in see or beet. Why can’t monkeys talk? Scientists rumble over a curious question. 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Next, the researchers employed a series of linguistic tools that measure which configurations of the lips, tongue, and larynx can produce the frequencies that correspond to various vowel sounds. Why monkeys can’t talk—and what they would sound like if they could 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z When trained on recordings of 90 people making four vowel sounds, old-school computers performed the task with relative ease: A computer simulating a 16-neuron network was right 92% of the time. Computer chip mimics human brain, with light beams for neurons 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z He said it’s much more challenging to extrapolate what a voice should sound like for someone who can only make a few vowel sounds. Volunteers use new technology to donate voices to those with speech disorders 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z But as Trump has fully come to the fore, Toles’s take now has a perpetual baboon mouth — a simian protrusion that gives the impression that this fellow is forever mouthing the vowel sound in “Yuuuuuge!” Here’s the trick to drawing the perfect Donald Trump 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z She writes like you’d imagine she talks, with all caps and emphatic vowel sounds. Trolls, fat-shamers and cowards of all stripes: Watch out for Lindy West 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z But there will be some changes, such as when students should be able to distinguish between long and short vowel sounds. New Jersey education officials revise, rename Common Core 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Nobody gets more out of a few low grunts and vowel sounds stretched out and spoken as if in surprise or consternation. Review: Bryson finds plenty to love and lament in the UK 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z At the close of the new trailer, Noah corrects his fellow performers on their pronunciation of the word “zebra” – shortening the first vowel sound. Trevor Noah: from Soweto to new host of the Daily Show | Observer profile 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z Tolkien was intrigued by the liked the long vowel sounds of Finnish and the umlaut accents. Kullervo: Tolkien's fascination with Finland - BBC News 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z When Smyth says, “It depends,” the latter half of the word sounds similar to “pin,” an example of a merger of vowel sounds common in the southern part of the state. A push to restore pride in the way Appalachians speak 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z The infants in the study were not yet babbling, so the infant-like vowel sounds were not yet among the things they heard every day, the study authors said in the journal Developmental Science. Babies Prefer Sound of Other Babies Over Adults 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z But the true nemesis of spellers is the schwa, the vowel sound that we hear in words like America, belief and history. 7 Things You Should Know About the Scripps Spelling Bee 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z It is formants that create the different vowel sounds in human speech. Whales can be told apart by their voices - study - BBC News 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z He toured several classrooms and stopped to watch students practicing vowel sounds in a beginning English class and learning how to open a checking account in another. Prince Charles visits adult education school in D.C. 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, Kitson worked with a few children while seated on the floor with them, reviewing vowel sounds. EXCHANGE: Silence proclaims Harris reading program 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z One that linguists know about is what’s called the “cot-caught merger” — the loss of the distinction between the vowel sounds in those words, as well as in others, making the two words sound the same. That Minnesota accent is something to be proud of 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z The computers can help students practice their vowel sounds and math equations until they get it. ‘Blended-learning’ programs grow in D.C., with students relying more on computers It is also rarely pronounced correctly - the rounded vowel sounds and the hard "ing" are often emphasised like a caricature. Why is the Birmingham accent so difficult to mimic? 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Parents direct their babies’ attention to what’s important with lots of warm, loving, face-to-face talk using that kind of singsong voice that dips and rises and stretches out vowel sounds. UW research on brain activity delivers lessons on how kids learn 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z Traniessa Wright slowly pronounces the word “road” and anxiously waits for a student in Room 2 of Pointer Ridge Elementary School to say whether the vowel sound is long or short. Hundreds of 2nd-graders in Prince George’s County attend new summer school program Babies start with simple vowel sounds — oohs and aahs. Babies grasp speech before they utter their first word, a study finds In the opening episode Gyllenhaal showed that she can handle an English accent without looking as if she's straining to remember vowel sounds. Maggie Gyllenhaal: an actor of rare talents 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z Columbia University researchers worked with native Spanish speakers to study the difficulties encountered in hearing and reproducing English vowel sounds that are not used in Spanish. Brains in Boston: Thought and Cognition Take Center Stage 2014-04-08T12:23:07Z The more parents lengthened vowel sounds — for example “How are youuuuu?”— and raised voice pitch, the more the 1-year-olds babbled, which is a forerunner of word production. Why baby talk is good for your baby 2014-01-13T19:23:00Z A short vowel sound should prompt students to gather in front of the “No.” Hundreds of 2nd-graders in Prince George’s County attend new summer school program The features were using "f" for "th" in words like "think" and "tooth", and using a vowel sound like that in "good" in place of "l" in words like milk and people. EastEnders 'changing Scots accent' 2013-09-09T23:08:13Z Forty baby boys and girls - about 30 hours old - were randomly exposed to different vowel sounds that are unique to either English or Swedish. How foetuses learn language 2013-05-09T22:40:33Z The Spanish speakers responded just like English speakers to the “dock” vowel sound, but not to the “duck,” sound, which was harder for the former group to identify. Brains in Boston: Thought and Cognition Take Center Stage 2014-04-08T12:23:07Z Not only are higher frequencies responsible for the crispness of sound and for being able to cut through background noise, but the comprehension of spoken language relies heavily on vowel sounds in these higher registers. From Kickstarter To MoMA, Amplifiear iPad Speaker Enters The Canon Of Cool Design 2013-02-08T17:41:15Z The researchers set up a system to test how well an infant recognizes vowel sounds. Vital Signs: Perceptions: Babies Seem to Pick Up Language in Utero 2013-01-07T22:15:21Z The newborns were tested on two types of vowel sounds — 17 from their native language sounds and 17 from a foreign language. Study: Language learning may begin in utero 2013-01-02T22:37:00Z Formants underlie the human ability to detect differences among vowel sounds, leading to our ability to distinguish among the sounds of language. Koalas and Bison Use the Same Rules for Choosing Mates 2012-12-06T16:15:04.657Z If they're the same, then perhaps the consonant sounds of the "B" and the "K" are most important, but if they're switched, then the vowel sounds of the "ee" and "oo" may be more important. Shape Science: The Bouba-Kiki Effect 2012-11-15T15:15:00.283Z For example, the ability to detect harmonic components of sound allows people to identify different vowel sounds, and to concentrate on one conversation in a noisy crowd. Wired for Harmony? 2012-11-12T23:12:58Z In fact, it’s a macron, a symbol that many English speakers last saw at the age of 7 to connote a long vowel sound in grammar class. Mondelēz Splits From Kraft, With a Symbol That Goes Missing 2012-10-01T19:58:54Z Because the babies in study ranged from 7 to 75 hours old, researchers concluded they absorbed the vowel sounds while still in the womb. Study: Language learning may begin in utero 2013-01-02T22:37:00Z There is also the "vocal tract" - the oesophagus and trachea and the mouth, which are well known in humans to shape sung notes and subtle vowel sounds. Gibbons 'sing soprano' on helium 2012-08-23T06:29:52Z It will reproduce, for example, very distinctly, a vowel sound that is sung into it. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z There was the faintest hint of Cockney impurity about the vowel sounds. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z Then notice the short vowel sounds in the unaccented syllables, and give them search-light attention. Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School 2012-03-17T02:01:04.053Z This indicated to researchers that they were learning the vowel sounds in utero. Study: Language learning may begin in utero 2013-01-02T22:37:00Z He also succeeded in obtaining tracings upon smoked glass of the vibrations of the air produced by vowel sounds. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z The rhythm of the Greek poets, owing in a great measure to the frequency of vowel sounds in their language, is more flowing, more varied, and more richly musical than that of Roman poetry. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z A dot below the character changes the vowel sound a of the original consonant into o and u. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z The teacher must drill himself in clear-cut enunciation of short vowels, final consonants, and pure vowel sounds. Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School 2012-03-17T02:01:04.053Z In this grade children may be expected to give the reasons for the several vowel sounds herein taught, but should not be required to commit and apply phonetic rules. The Young and Field Literary Readers, Book 2 2011-12-28T03:00:37.303Z Such words as “true” and “too,” which in most people’s mouths have an identical vowel sound, were differentiated by him, the “oo” full and round, the “ue” inclining imperceptibly to “u.” Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z Monosyllables ending in silent e usually contain a long vowel sound, which becomes short when the final e is dropped. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z Every syllabic sign possesses an inherent vowel sound, or an inherent consonant sound, or both. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z These are, in the earlier examples assonanced,—that is to say, the vowel sound of the last syllables is identical, but the consonants need not agree. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Consonant and vowel sounds, save one alone, are made by changing the tongue or lips, or moving the jaw. Seed Thoughts for Singers 2011-10-09T02:00:24.093Z Then the researchers switched up the sounds within the words, creating a language with words that were half-arbitrary and half-systematic, such as describing big things with short words, but long vowel sounds. Calculating the Language of Babel 2011-09-23T17:50:30Z Choose a word and notice that every vowel sound in it makes a syllable. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z He found Bela talking rapidly to her in clicks and vowel sounds, with his hand held over his eyes. An I.D.B. in South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:33.733Z Neither the coster of to-day, nor the old-time Cockney of the days of Dickens, would be guilty of uttering the uncouth vowel sounds I have heard habitually used by all classes in Australia. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z Letters are made up of consonant and vowel sounds. Seed Thoughts for Singers 2011-10-09T02:00:24.093Z Why, in pronunciation, should they not speak with a certain manly openness of vowel sound and a distinct articulation, if not with all elocutionary modulation? A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning 2011-07-22T02:00:18.543Z If by augment we mean a vowel sound prefixed to the verb in certain tenses in addition to their usual signs, then the Mexican is the only American language which possesses one. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z The Shawnee language is a dialect of the Algonquin, which possesses all the vowel sounds. Legends of The Kaw The Folk-Lore of the Indians of the Kansas River Valley 2011-07-01T02:00:16.500Z The vowel sounds educate emotions in those who utter them, and awaken them in those who hear. Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. 2011-06-30T02:00:25.950Z Bailey here tries to reconstruct and illustrate from memory Keats’s theory of vowel sounds, but his attempt falters and breaks down. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z The two had a long talk in their strange rugged language with its few vowel sounds. The Childhood of Rome 2011-06-02T02:00:22.297Z N notes a peculiar nasal sound, �, a peculiar vowel sound, having no equivalent in English. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z In the following index ´ denotes a stressed short vowel sound, as in cáttle, imbédded, pítiful, biólogy: ^ denotes a stressed long vowel as in câke, creêper, spîteful, Octôber, endûrable, gŷroscope. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z Yet poets who may find numerous and important subjects for the literature of ecstasy, are busy writing sugared verses about mosaics, candles, and puppies, and arranging vowel sounds and rhythms. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z Consequently, every one of them contained a vowel sound, rendering the language very euphonous. The Progress of Ethnology An Account of Recent Archaeological, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe 2011-02-12T03:00:34.983Z Having no polysyllables, the Chinese supply their place by a minute variety in their vowel sounds. Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race 2011-02-06T03:00:56.253Z You hear young ladies say, Paw, for Pa, Maw, for Ma, and then, curiously adding another vowel sound, they say kear for car, thear for there. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z Her French, full of liquid vowel sounds, fell musically on his ears. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z Those with slight hearing loss "will hear all of the vowel sounds clearly, but might miss some of the consonant sounds" such as t, k and s, Curhan said. Study: 1 in 5 US teenagers has slight hearing loss 2010-08-17T22:36:00Z "So?" exclaimed Randolph with a German lengthening of the vowel sound. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories This I have shown by making a vowel sound which I prolong for some seconds with the cylinder revolving at a given rate of speed. The Speech of Monkeys This leads to a good tone on at least twenty-six steps and half-steps of the scale and with twenty or more vowel sounds—no easy task by any means. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists Helmholtz also contrived a set of tuning-forks, which, when bowed, will give out the vowel sounds like the voice. The Telephone An Account of the Phenomena of Electricity, Magnetism, and Sound, as Involved in Its Action The assonance, which is characteristic of the earlier Chansons, is an imperfect rhyme, in which identity of vowel sound is all that is necessary. A Short History of French Literature Now we could hear their soft voices conversing in a language that was liquid with a great many compound vowel sounds, not unlike Earth's Finnish tongue. The Test Colony Some philologists claim that the blending of consonant and vowel sounds is the mark which distinguishes human speech from the sounds uttered by the lower animals. The Speech of Monkeys You will have to listen to the vowel sounds as you have never listened. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists Somebody else interests him in Helmholtz's experiments on the progression of the vibrations of the true vowel sounds. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) Obscure vowel sounds, or those which are glided over in a word without any noticeable accent, are unmarked. Every-Day Errors of Speech Any initial vowel sound alliterates with any other vowel sound. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History In like manner I dictate to the phonograph any vowel sound preceded by a consonant. The Speech of Monkeys However, if the singer has any idea that the mere practice of these exercises to the different vowel sounds will inevitably bring success she is greatly mistaken. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists Hence the choirmaster must make a determined effort to cure provincialisms in so far as they prevent the issue of pure vowel sounds from the mouth. The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. If you are a Western man, you are liable to give your vowel sounds too great breadth. Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected Obviously, the similarity may exist between vowel sounds, consonant sounds, or both; more specifically, it is found either in initial consonants, in accented vowels, or in accented vowels plus final consonants. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History Throughout Appalachia such words as last, past, advantage, are pronounced with the same vowel sound as is heard in man. Our Southern Highlanders The Italian is a glorious language for the singer, and with it English cannot be compared, with its thirty-one vowel sounds and its many coughing, sputtering consonants. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists I have referred to the teaching of vowel sounds, and would say a word about consonants. The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. Aye, as their rhymes show, is always pronounced by the poets with the vowel sound in day. Minor Poems by Milton It is more than doubtful, then, whether our vowel sounds can be regarded as of significance for metrical time. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History All lists of words are strictly classified with regard to their formation, their vowel sounds, alphabetic order, accent and number of syllables. Lee's Last Campaign Its vowel sound is often different from that of the corresponding strong, or stressed, syllable. Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary The beautiful intonation we had at Swanley I attribute in a large measure to the care bestowed on the production of vowel sounds. The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. He then uttered the various vowel sounds, and ascertained from the quantity of water required to force open the closure formed by the soft palate the degree of tightness for each vowel. The Mechanism of the Human Voice Imperfect rime, occurring where the vowel sounds are only similar, not identical, or where the consonants following them are not identical, is commonly regarded as an imperfection in verse form. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History A single rhyme is perfect when the rhymed syllables are accented; when the vowel sounds and the following consonant sounds are identical and when the preceding consonant sounds are different. Rhymes and Meters A Practical Manual for Versifiers For instance, spelling and pronunciation are absolutely phonetic in Esperanto and there are only five vowel sounds where most national languages have twenty or so. Border, Breed Nor Birth There must be no division of opinion among the singers as to how any particular vowel sound should be emitted. The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. The old Phoenician was weak in vowel sounds, but the defect was remedied in the Greek and Roman alphabets and in the alphabets of the Teutonic nations. History of Human Society A which is used before consonantal sounds and an which is used before vowel sounds are called indefinite articles because they individualize without specializing. Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses In a piece of verse it is best not to have the same vowel sounds too close to one another in adjacent rhyming words. Rhymes and Meters A Practical Manual for Versifiers With this apparatus I succeeded in producing very beautiful tracings of the vibrations of the air for vowel sounds. Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery III., the Emperor Claudius invented a new character to represent the consonantal sound of v as distinguished from the vowel sound. Latin Pronunciation A Short Exposition of the Roman Method The changes, too, which are introduced by time fall with greater effect on the vowel sounds than on the articulations. Elements of Gaelic Grammar It is a further condition in the formation of a vowel sound, that the passage of the breath be uninterrupted. A Handbook of the English Language Lines ending “fain,” “made,” “pain,” “laid” would, of course, be correct, but the similar vowel sounds cause a lack of variety. Rhymes and Meters A Practical Manual for Versifiers Indeed, he said that Helmholtz had not only analyzed the vowel sounds into their constituent musical elements, but had actually performed the synthesis of them. Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery But the consonant sound that is nearest to the vowel sound of u, is the sound of the English w. Latin Pronunciation A Short Exposition of the Roman Method It may be observed that the superior stability of the articulations above the vowel sounds is the natural consequence of the position of the organs of speech in uttering them. Elements of Gaelic Grammar The French word roi, and the English words oil, house, are specimens of a fresh class of articulations; viz., of compound vowel sounds or diphthongs. A Handbook of the English Language Notice the mimicry of the echo in the vowel sounds of the line. Lady of the Lake Theory shows that, had the piano a very much larger number of strings to the octave, the vowel sounds would be perfectly reproduced. Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery No definite rule has been observed, different persons giving totally different values to represent the consonant and vowel sounds. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia The different modifications of the vowel sounds are effected by minute changes in the conformation of the organs; those of the articulations are made by more distinct and operose inflections of the organs. Elements of Gaelic Grammar In language, except in declamation, there is no second vowel sound. A Handbook of the English Language Then the pronunciation of Shetland was helped by prefixing a vowel sound, as is common in Italian, and so it came to be Estland and Esland. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest There is no vowel sound between the two letters. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature Footnote 53 of the Introduction refers to “the peculiar vowel sound represented in Arabic by the letter ain ... denoted by the Greek rough breathing”. A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay Further, all the vowel sounds that usually occur in speech seem to be uttered with equal ease, in whatever situation they occur, as the same organs are employed for all. Elements of Gaelic Grammar Then, beginning with the eldest, the twelve jabbered at us in turn, apparently in different tongues, some sibilant, some guttural, and others with the musical cadence of frequent vowel sounds. Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner In order that a rhyme may be perfect the two rhyming syllables must both be accented, the vowel sound and the consonants following must be identical, and the sounds preceding the vowel must be different. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide The vowel sounds are formed by the voice modified, but not interrupted, by the various positions of the tongue and lips. Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois After marking the vowels diacritically read the following passages, paying special attention to the vowel sounds: So Lord Howard passed away with five ships of war that day. The Ontario High School Reader Departures are made from the general rules of speech in the case of the vowel sounds also, of which the Greek tongue abounds with examples. Elements of Gaelic Grammar A is used before all words except those beginning with a vowel sound. Practical Grammar and Composition But while thus modifying the actual vowel sound, the integrity of the vowel must at least be sufficiently preserved to enable the listener to understand what vowel is being sung. Essentials in Conducting Further, the vowel sound, and presumably also the tone quality, are determined more by the action of the vocal cords than by the adjustment of the resonance cavities. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern Again, if our minds are uplifted with wonder and delight at something we have heard or seen, we exclaim "Oh" applying the force to the middle of the vowel sound. The Ontario High School Reader The vowel sound is the long sound of i; the consonant sound of l follows. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 Before those beginning with a vowel sound an is used. Practical Grammar and Composition Some singers distort their vowel sounds almost beyond recognition, and many pupils seem to be definitely taught to adopt the habit. Spirit and Music First, the mental ear conceives a tone of definite pitch, quality, vowel sound, and power. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern Stress is force applied to the vowel sound. The Ontario High School Reader Now a perfect rhyme is one in which the two rhyming syllables are both accented, the vowel sound and the consonants which follow the vowels are identical, and the sounds preceding the vowel are different. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 Consonance, specifically, in metrics, a form of incomplete rime in which the consonantal sounds agree but the vowel sounds differ, 166 f. The Principles of English Versification I am speaking with a vile accent, of course, but that is merely because my vocal organs are not accustomed to making vowel sounds. Spacehounds of IPC The vowel sounds are believed to owe their "forward position" to resonance, while "emission" is purely a matter of direction or focusing of the breath-blast. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern Elegance and refinement of speech depend largely on the correct pronunciation of the vowel sounds. The Ontario High School Reader No attempt has been made to indicate these differences of vowel sound. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Italians thus have naturally what it is so much trouble for singers of other nations to acquire—the numerous variations of vowel sounds. Caruso and Tetrazzini on the Art of Singing The Egyptians were accustomed to sing "jubilations" to their gods, and these consisted of florid cadences on prolonged vowel sounds. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera When a consonant is introduced after a vowel sound, a momentary arrest is produced in the breath-flow, and this has its corresponding effect on the mind. Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged) When we are taken by surprise and give expression to it by means of the one word "Oh," we apply the force or volume of the voice to the beginning of the vowel sound. The Ontario High School Reader The study of Hawaiian pronunciation is mainly a study of vowel sounds and of accent. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Not only vowels but consonants may serve to lengthen vowel sounds, as we see in right, night, bright, and in scold, roll, etc. The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric Solfeggio, solfège—a vocal exercise sung either on simple vowels or on arbitrary syllables containing these simple vowel sounds. Music Notation and Terminology In producing a vowel sound the end aimed at is, on the one hand, purity, on the other, as a result, the easy and effective use of mechanisms—i.e., the technique. Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged) Determination and settled conviction in the speaker's mind, especially when accompanied by a marked degree of dignity, calmness, and self-control, cause equal stress on every part of the vowel sound. The Ontario High School Reader By means of vowel sounds alone emotions may be awakened, but when definite ideas are expressed, words which are a combination of vowels and consonants must be used. The Head Voice and Other Problems Practical Talks on Singing The first class of sounds is called vowel sounds, the second, consonant sounds. The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric The same peculiarity governs the insertion, between words and at the end of lines, of apparently meaningless vowel sounds, to reproduce and prolong the last notes sounded. The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 143-300 We have known a learner to derive great benefit from having it pointed out to him that certain of his vowel sounds would at once cease to be incorrect if their pitch were altered. Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged) Pronunciation, when perfectly pure, should be free from what we call provincialisms; that is, from any peculiarity of tone, accent, or vowel sound, which would mark the speaker as coming from any particular locality. The Ontario High School Reader We do not even agree on the vowel sounds. The Patient Observer And His Friends Beside the long and short sounds of the vowels there are several other vowel sounds. The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric When speaking, the demand is not so imperative, but when singing, the body of the tongue should lie as flat as possible, so as to enlarge the mouth, especially when giving the vowel sounds. Resonance in Singing and Speaking Certain vowel sounds may be said to be common to most of the languages used by civilized peoples. Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged) Italians who sing well never speak or sing the vowel sound ah otherwise than mixed, and only the neglect of this mixture could have brought about the decadence of the Italian teaching of song. How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst] The circle of dots is used here probably to indicate the vowel sound u or o. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. In the preceding paragraphs we have given all the distinct vowel sounds of the language, though many of them are slightly modified in certain combinations. The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric Not only is this vowel sound, as Lilli Lehmann says, "the most difficult," but the proper pronunciation of all words within the whole range of the voice is thereby impeded. Resonance in Singing and Speaking There is, fortunately, among teachers considerable agreement as to the question of the best vowel sound with which to begin intonation, or the process of forming musical tones. Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged) That it may not hinder further progression, the form must remain elastic and sensitive to the most delicate modification of the vowel sound. How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst] Hence the inference that there is some relation between this circle and these vowel sounds—this and nothing more. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. There are a very, very few irregular words in which the vowel sound has been kept short in spite of the added vowel, as for instance, head, sieve, etc. The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric The researches of Helmholtz, Koenig, Willis, Wheatstone, Appunn, Bell, and others have shown that each vowel sound has its own characteristic pitch. Resonance in Singing and Speaking The vowel sounds are made with the mouth open and are more nearly the pure vibrations of the vocal cords. Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools If the tone is to have life, it must always be able to conform to any vowel sound. How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst] When he is successful in that, the vowel sounds may be uttered not far from his ear, but behind him. What the Mother of a Deaf Child Ought to Know Once it was pronounced; but it became so difficult that we have learned to give its value by dwelling a little on the vowel sound. The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric It will be found possible to produce all of the vowel sounds without any change except in the form of the opening of the lips. Resonance in Singing and Speaking The vowel sounds of this language being represented by points placed above the consonants, and being frequently omitted in writing, the consonants composing the mysterious word, at different ages, received different pronunciations. The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge The long vowel sounds come next in frequency. How to Teach Phonics Henry Ward Beecher's method was to practise vocal exercises in the open air, exploding all the vowel sounds in various keys. Successful Methods of Public Speaking What other letters represent the vowel sound heard in grew? The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric Each vowel sound must be distinct in enunciation and pure in quality. Resonance in Singing and Speaking One of the best exercises for this purpose is to practice for a few minutes daily upon the vowel sound "O," endeavoring to make it full, deep, and melodious. Talks on Talking For reviewing phonograms and fixing the vowel sounds as well, the following game is used. How to Teach Phonics We have so many vowel sounds indeed, and so few vowels to express them, that the foreigner, mistaking our modesty, complains against God's plenty. On the Art of Writing Lectures delivered in the University of Cambridge 1913-1914 As the syllables are not accented the vowel sound is slightly obscured. The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric Pronounce the full word at once, prolong the ng four counts as indicated, and sing the five vowel sounds on a continuous, unbroken tone. Resonance in Singing and Speaking The best remedy for a weak voice is to practice daily upon explosives, expelling the principal vowel sounds, on various keys, using the abdominal muscles throughout. Talks on Talking If now, starting from that same position and with that same vowel sound, the tongue be gradually raised the sound will be modified. Public Speaking A strange happy light came into the woman's face; she was communing with herself—perhaps going over mentally some tender phrases, full of the soft vowel sounds of the Magyar tongue. Sunrise With that vowel sound one or more consonants may be united; but the ways in which consonants may combine with a vowel to form a syllable are limited. The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric As in Exercise I, sing softly, seeking purity of vowel sounds and quality of tone. Resonance in Singing and Speaking Niue offers the same two vowel sounds inverted, with the stress on the second. Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence There are so many words in the language with the same or similar vowel sounds that only the sharpest discrimination by means of consonants permits of their being intelligible. Public Speaking Five vowel sounds we use in speech; They're A, and E, I, O, and U: I mean to cut them down to four. Point Lace and Diamonds The vowel sounds are the most vexing source of errors, especially where diphthongs are found. The Art of Public Speaking Sing the five vowel sounds throughout the scale as indicated. Resonance in Singing and Speaking Some experience most trouble with the vowel sounds, more find the consonants the worst obstacles. Fat and Blood An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria Suppose you establish to your own satisfaction a method for assigning sound values; how will you reach the differences in vowel sounds that prevail in the United States? The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3 In order to develop a clear tone of voice, let pupils practice, in concert, upon some of the open vowel sounds, using such words as arm, all, old. New National Fourth Reader They show also that any vowel sound may be considered to be a regular recurrence of certain groups of vibrations of different amplitudes and of different frequencies. Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. Be sure that the vowel sound follows the same course as the "ng" sound which precedes it, and produces the same sensation in the nose. Resonance in Singing and Speaking The vowel sounds of w and y are the same as those of u and i. McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book I have no desire “to reach the differences in vowel sounds that prevail in the United States”. The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3 Vocal Mastery is acquired through correct understanding of what constitutes pure vowel sounds, and such control of the breath as will enable one to convert every atom of breath into singing tone. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers In his Tractate on Education addressed to Mr. Hartlib, he recommends that boys should be instructed in the Italian pronunciation of vowel sounds, in order to give sonorousness and dignity to elocution. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series Sing the five vowel sounds connectedly, being sure that each vowel is correctly placed before passing to the next. Resonance in Singing and Speaking Can there be a syllable without it containing a vowel sound? 1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading The English softening of the vowel sound, so droll to the American ear, was also more pronounced than was customary in his speech, so that the exclamation became a sharp "A-ow!" The Street Called Straight Vocal Mastery is acquired through correct understanding of what constitutes pure vowel sounds, and such control of the breath as will enable one to convert every atom of breath into singing tone. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers Those who have carefully studied the harmonies of the 'Paradise Lost,' know how all-important are the assonances of the vowel sounds of o and a in its most musical passages. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series Open the mouth well and be sure that the vowel sounds are delivered as in the previous exercises; this will insure largeness with proper resonance. Resonance in Singing and Speaking An before vowel sounds, a before consonant sounds. An English Grammar The trooper, a coal-black African, had picked up a great deal of Spanish, which he spoke with the corruption of vowel sounds peculiar to his race and color. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines The obscuring of certain vowel sounds in ordinary or careless conversation in this country in such words as "Latun" and "Amurican" is a phenomenon which is familiar enough. The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature At this stage, however, or even before it, I think very probably vowel sounds must have been employed in tone language, if not also a few consonants. The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song When practising this exercise, be careful, as with the others, that each vowel sound in its order is correctly given before passing to the next. Resonance in Singing and Speaking Ordinarily an is used before vowel sounds, and a before consonant sounds. An English Grammar All vowel sounds, like all tones of the voice, are reinforced sounds. The Renaissance of the Vocal Art In fact a large number of our vowel sounds seem to have degenerated into a grunt. The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature Many animals are capable of vocalisation, and in the child the utterance of vowel sounds is the next stage after the cry. The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song Sing each vowel sound separately before passing to the next. Resonance in Singing and Speaking Remember that a vowel sound does not necessarily mean beginning with a vowel, nor does consonant sound mean beginning with a consonant, because English spelling does not coincide closely with the sound of words. An English Grammar The study of consonantal sounds without the use of vowel sounds is very indefinite and unsatisfactory. The Renaissance of the Vocal Art The vowel sounds in the following pronunciations are those used in Webster’s dictionary. Philippine Folk Tales When this is done, and a vowel sound whispered, a distinctly resonant note can be heard. The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song Be sure to start each vowel sound in purity and maintain it without change. Resonance in Singing and Speaking Before a consonant sound "a" is used; before a vowel sound "an" is used. Practical Exercises in English A very effective and successful study of high placing and low resonance may be got through a consideration of the natural placing and resonance of the vowel sounds. The Renaissance of the Vocal Art By the use of seventeen of these letters we can express every consonant and vowel sound in the Amoy dialect, and by the use of a few additional marks we can designate all the tones. Forty Years in South China The Life of Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D. Helmholtz and a number of distinguished German physicists and physiologists have analysed the vowel sounds in the whispering voice and obtained very different results. The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song Sing this scale exercise in medium range, without blurring either the vowel sounds or the notes. Resonance in Singing and Speaking Each of the vowel sounds may be variously expressed by letters. The Grammar of English Grammars As I have written so fully on the vowel sounds in my former works, I shall simply touch upon that important question here. The Renaissance of the Vocal Art Secondly, that the vowel sounds chiefly evoke them. Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development If their experiments show nothing else, they certainly indicate that there are no universally fixed resonances for any particular vowel sound. The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song These should now be supplemented by the use of all the vowel sounds. Resonance in Singing and Speaking He then proceeds to state his opinion that the vowel sounds heard in the following words are thus correspondent: tame, them; car, carry; wall, want; dawn, gone; theme, him; tone, nearly tun; pool, pull. The Grammar of English Grammars A vowel sound is the result of an uninterrupted flow of the vibratory air current. The Renaissance of the Vocal Art Is it that they unconsciously appreciate 'o' as the most beautiful of vowel sounds? Essays in Rebellion Aikin claims that by studying the whispering voice we can find for every vowel sound that position of the resonator which gives us the maximum of resonance. The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song Helmholtz, on pitch of vowel sounds, 20; on acoustics, 43, 49. Resonance in Singing and Speaking How may the vowel sounds be written? and how uttered when they are not words? The Grammar of English Grammars For the practical application of the above principles of articulation, form groups of vowel sounds, and make syllables by adding consonants, and sing them on single or level tones. The Renaissance of the Vocal Art "That unapproachable combination of vowel sounds prepares one better than anything I know for the contemplation of the picture." The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 1 By percussing² the resonator in the position for the production of the various vowel sounds you will observe a distinct difference in the pitch of the note produced. The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song Thus the New English Dictionary distinguishes about twelve separate vowel sounds, which are represented by a in English. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Which of the vowel sounds form words? and what of the rest? The Grammar of English Grammars In like manner, let him repeat any vowel sound, or all of them, and also inversely. Sanders' Union Fourth Reader No definite distinction is maintained between the vowel sounds o and u, and one of these letters may be dispensed with. The Iroquois Book of Rites You will observe that I start the scale of C with oo on f and proceed through a series of vowel sounds as in whispering who, owe, or, on, ah. The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song According to Preyer, from the first week to the fifth month the only vowel sounds used are ü and a. Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882 As any vowel sound may be uttered with an s, many writers suppose these letters to require for plurals strictly regular, the s only; and to take es occasionally, by way of exception. The Grammar of English Grammars And if he picked up from the English stable hands vulgarisms and debased vowel sounds, Ben Flint had the genius to compel their rejection. The Mountebank His voice was indescribably plaintive, clear, but low, and each vowel sound was drawn out at great length, thus—' Oh-h-h-h, Pa-a-a-a, loo-oo-oo-ook, —with the diminuendo, soft as the ring of a glass vessel, when struck. Forest and Frontiers Or, Adventures Among the Indians To show position of tongue and lips in the production of the vowel sounds a, o, oo. The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song Take the syllable n-ö-m, allowing no break while going from n, the nares sound, to the vowel sound of o, and returning to the nares sound of m. Expressive Voice Culture, Including the Emerson System Thirdly, a distinction is made by some writers, between the vowel sounds heard in hate and bear, which Sheridan and Walker consider to be the same. The Grammar of English Grammars It may then be reduced almost wholly to vowel sounds, and from the lips of some speakers it is really no more consonantal than if it came from the beaks of birds. Familiar Spanish Travels It is a very useful exercise to pronounce the long vowel sounds giving to each first the rising then the falling slide. The American Union Speaker To show successive positions of the tongue in the production of the vowel sounds a, ei, e, i. The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song If it remains mellow one may venture upon the next step, which is to practise various vowel sounds and elements of speech with concentrated energy. Expressive Voice Culture, Including the Emerson System An is used in preference to a, whenever the following word begins with a vowel sound; as, An art, an end, an heir, an inch, an ounce, an hour, an urn. The Grammar of English Grammars The following vowel sounds should be observed: Stressed a like modern a in father. A History of English Literature As a means of acquiring compass of voice, the student should pronounce with great force the vowel sounds on both the highest and lowest notes he can reach. The American Union Speaker I have already said that Helmholtz showed that each vowel sound has its particular overtones, and the quality or "timbre" of the voice depends upon the proportional strength of these overtones. The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song W is a vowel when it unites with a preceding vowel to represent a vowel sound, and y is a vowel when it has the sound of i, as in now, by, boy, newly. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition None was anciently used for no before all words beginning with a vowel sound; as, "They are sottish children; and they have none understanding." The Grammar of English Grammars Instruction in the vowel sounds is an excellent drill in articulation, while a knowledge of the diacritical marks enables the pupil to master these sounds for himself when consulting the dictionary. De La Salle Fifth Reader Consonants are sounds produced by interruptions of the outgoing current of air, but in some cases have no sound in themselves, and serve merely to modify vowel sounds. A Practical Physiology Helmholtz was able by means of resonators to find out what were the overtones for each vowel sound when a particular note was sung. The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song Mine and thine were formerly used before words beginning with a vowel sound; as, thine enemy, mine honor. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition She desires to write and her mother makes her say her own name carefully, noticing first the "open" or vowel sounds and then by noting the position of her tongue she finds the closed sounds. The Child under Eight H is only an explosion, or forcible throwing of a vowel sound from the mouth. Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics Some will have lengthened vowel sound, and will be more continuous or sustained, so that groups of successive words seem to run on one unbroken tone; others will be abrupt and irregular. Public Speaking The remaining resonators of the harmonic series with their capsules and gas-jets respond in the same manner to the overtones proper to each vowel sound when the fundamental note is sung. The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song Long residence in England had removed all Irish accent and modes of speech; but in hook, and book, and cook he lengthened the vowel sound. Spring Days O—The last vowel sound symbolizes abstract space, the spirit assumes once more the garment of primordial matter; it is the Nirvana of eastern philosophy. AE in the Irish Theosophist She pronounced 'once' with a wholehearted enthusiasm for its vowel sound that I have never heard equalled elsewhere, and also with a very magnified 'w' at the beginning of it. The Grim Smile of the Five Towns Pronunciation is scholastic, relating to the word accent and the vowel sound. Public Speaking As an example compare the English word 'voice,' which begins with closure and ends with closure, and the Italian 'voce,' pronounced voché, with its two open vowel sounds. The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song I rather fancied myself because I can pronounce twenty-four distinct vowel sounds; but your hundred and thirty beat me. Pygmalion The most remarkable of these was the absence of any characters expressive of vowel sounds. History of Phoenicia Perhaps it had been made a bit too simple; certainly it should have had symbols for the vowel sounds as well as for the consonants. A History of Science — Volume 1 The vowel sound, short "a," as in "cast," "fast," "can't," must be treated as a localism, and yet it is hardly necessary to adhere to any decided extreme because of local associations. Public Speaking "T'squire was to be away to-day," observed the woman, with the broad vowel sound which I shall not attempt to reproduce in print. Dead Men Tell No Tales The verse, which was chanted, is not rhymed as a rule, but each laisse, or screed, as in the “Chanson de Roland,” runs on the same final assonance, or vowel sound throughout. Letters on Literature The Phoenician letters are, all of them, consonants; and the reader is expected to supply the vowel sounds for himself. History of Phoenicia There are, for example, at least twenty vowel sounds in the English language, not to speak of certain digraphs; that is to say, each of the important vowels has from two to six sounds. A History of Science — Volume 1 From this she rapidly went on to the other vowel sounds. The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 Each of these vowel sounds may enter into combination with the b sound alone to form three syllables; as ba, ab, bal, be, eb, bel, etc. A History of Science — Volume 1 The vowel sound is so intimately linked with the consonant—the con-sonant, implying this intimate relation in its very name—that it seemed extremely difficult to give it individual recognition. A History of Science — Volume 1 |
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