. The pronunciation of English in Scotland . couched in the intermediatestyle, careful conversational. CHAPTER II THE ORGANS OF SPEECH 9. The first essential for the student of phonetics isto have a clear idea of the structure and functions of theorgans of speech. Those who have not already done soshould make a thorough examination of the inside of themouth by means of a hand looking-glass. The best wayof doing this is to stand with the back to the light and tohold the looking-glass in such a position that it reflects THE ORGANS OF SPEECH the light into the mouth and at the same time enab
. The pronunciation of English in Scotland . couched in the intermediatestyle, careful conversational. CHAPTER II THE ORGANS OF SPEECH 9. The first essential for the student of phonetics isto have a clear idea of the structure and functions of theorgans of speech. Those who have not already done soshould make a thorough examination of the inside of themouth by means of a hand looking-glass. The best wayof doing this is to stand with the back to the light and tohold the looking-glass in such a position that it reflects THE ORGANS OF SPEECH the light into the mouth and at the same time enablesthe observer to see in the glass the interior thus illumi-nated. It is not difficult to find the right position forthe glass. 10. The following diagram shows all that is essentialfor the present book:— B. Back of Tongue. Bl. Blade of Tongue. F. Front of Tongue. Gt. Gullet (food passage). H. Hard Palate. LL. Lips. P. Pharyngal cavity (Pharynx) E. Teeth Eidge. S. Soft Palate. TT. Teeth. U. Uvula. V. Position of Vocal Chords. w. Fig. 1. The Organs of Speech. 11. The roof of the mouth may be convenientlyregarded as made up of two parts—the first constitutingthe hard palate behind the teeth ridge and the secondthe soft palate, forming in its rear extension a sort ofpendulous tongue in the back of the mouth known asthe uvula. These two parts should be examined carefullyin the looking-glass and they should be felt by the tongue 6 PHONETICS or with the finger. The soft palate can be moved up-wards from the position shown in fig. 1; when raised toits fullest extent, it touches the back wall of the pharynxas in fig. 5, p. 19. The teeth ridge is defined as. the partof the roof of the mouth which is convex to the tongue,the imaginary division between the teeth ridge and hardpalate being made at the point where the roof of themouth ceases to be convex to the tongue and begins tob6 concave. 12. Note particularly the meaning of the terms back and front as applied to the tong
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