The normal; or, Methods of teaching the common branches, orthoepy, orthography, grammar, geography, arithmetic and elocution .. . 0 to O .9 OJ ta > (=1^ O P CO • ^ (61) ORTHOGKAPHY.— I i OKTHOGRAPHY. 21 Orthography. That division of grammarwhich treats of letters, syllables, words, and spel-ling. Letter. A visible character, representing byitself, or with one or more besides, an articulatesound; also used to determine signification. Typical Forms. These are given in the namesthat distinguish them in the classification. Thereare many ornamental forms in use, not given. Grammatical


The normal; or, Methods of teaching the common branches, orthoepy, orthography, grammar, geography, arithmetic and elocution .. . 0 to O .9 OJ ta > (=1^ O P CO • ^ (61) ORTHOGKAPHY.— I i OKTHOGRAPHY. 21 Orthography. That division of grammarwhich treats of letters, syllables, words, and spel-ling. Letter. A visible character, representing byitself, or with one or more besides, an articulatesound; also used to determine signification. Typical Forms. These are given in the namesthat distinguish them in the classification. Thereare many ornamental forms in use, not given. Grammatical Forms. These are used for em-emphasis or other rhetorical distinction. Power of a Letter. The sound which aletter represents in a word; also the influencewhich one letter exerts upon the representativecharacter of another. 22 YowEL. A letter used to represent a vocalsound; the basis of a syllable. Consonant. A letter used to represent a sub-vocal or aspirate sound, modifying the basis of asyllable. Remark. Phonographers write many syllableswithout a vowel as a basis, contending that a sub-vocal is often the basis of a syllable, apple, often. They claim that there is no vocal heard in


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