Lectures on the science of language: First and second series . Examples: Open sjllable, long, august(subs.) short, august (ad .) Closed syllable, long, naught short not 6. If the lips are fairly open, and the back of the 1 Briicke, p. 13. VOWELS. 133 tongue raised towards the palate, the larynx beingraised at the same time, we hear the sound e. Thebuccal tube resembles a bottle with a narrow natural pitch of e is -& flat. ExAsirLES;Open syllable, long, mamSLshort, papa l Gosed syllable, long, farm short, It. ballare. Examples :Open syllable, long, hay short, aenal Closed syllable, lon
Lectures on the science of language: First and second series . Examples: Open sjllable, long, august(subs.) short, august (ad .) Closed syllable, long, naught short not 6. If the lips are fairly open, and the back of the 1 Briicke, p. 13. VOWELS. 133 tongue raised towards the palate, the larynx beingraised at the same time, we hear the sound e. Thebuccal tube resembles a bottle with a narrow natural pitch of e is -& flat. ExAsirLES;Open syllable, long, mamSLshort, papa l Gosed syllable, long, farm short, It. ballare. Examples :Open syllable, long, hay short, aenal Closed syllable, long, lake short. Germ. Lcck 6. If we raise the tongue higher still, and narrow 1 As pronounced by children. 134 VOWELS. the lips, we hear i. The buccal tube represents abottle with a very narrow neck of no more thanBix centimetres from palate to lips. Such a bottlewould answer to c. The natural pitch of i seems to be D. Fig. IL Examples:Open syllable, long, he short, behalf Closed syllable, long, beenshort, beenpronounced bin 7. There is, besides, the most troublesome of allvowels, the neutral vowel, sometimes called Willis defines it as the natural vowel ofthe reed, Mr. Ellis as the voice in its least modifiedform. Some people hear it everywhere, others im-agine they can distinguish various shades of it. Weknow it best in short closed syllables, such as but,dust, &c. It is supposed to be long in absurd. SirJohn Herschel hears but one and the same vowel inspurt, assert, bird, virtue, dove, oven, do
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