A system of elocution, with special reference to gesture, to the treatment of stammering, and defective articulation .. . busi-ness transactions of life, it is totally inadequate to thecorrect expression of sentiments of respect, veneration,dignity and sublimity. CHAPTER I. INFLECTIONS. NFLECTIONS, in the science ofElocution, are notes of speech — notesthat, in regard to pitch, undergo a con-tinual change during the time of theirpronunciation. Writers on elocution describe six dif-ferent notes of speech ; namely, the risinginflection, the falling inflection, the acuto-grave circumflex inflecti
A system of elocution, with special reference to gesture, to the treatment of stammering, and defective articulation .. . busi-ness transactions of life, it is totally inadequate to thecorrect expression of sentiments of respect, veneration,dignity and sublimity. CHAPTER I. INFLECTIONS. NFLECTIONS, in the science ofElocution, are notes of speech — notesthat, in regard to pitch, undergo a con-tinual change during the time of theirpronunciation. Writers on elocution describe six dif-ferent notes of speech ; namely, the risinginflection, the falling inflection, the acuto-grave circumflex inflection, the gravo-acute circumflexinflection, the acuto-gravo-acute circumflex inflection,and the gravo-acuto-grave circumflex inflection.* In the rising inflection, the movement of the voice isfrom grave to acute ; in the falling inflection, from acuteto grave; in the acuto-grave circumflex, from grave toacute, thence back to grave; in the gravo-acute cir-cumflex, from acute to grave, thence back to acute; inthe acuto-gravo-acute circumflex, from grave to acute,thence back to grave, and thence again to acute ; in the. * Mr. Steele calls the inflections of the voice accents—acute,grave, and circumflex. Dr. Rush denominates the rising inflectionthe rising concrete; the falling inflection, the downward concrete;the circumflexes he calls waves. 48 ELOCUTION. gravo-acuto-grave circumflex, from acute to grave,thence back to acute, and thence again to grave. In that part of this work which consists of Exercisesin Reading and Declamation, these notes of speechare represented by the acute, grave, and circumflexaccents, thus; Rising inflection (). Acuto-grave circumflex (A). Falling inflection (). Gravo-acute circumflex (v).Acuto-gravo-acute circumflex (/v).Gravo-acuto-grave circumflex (w). In reading and speaking, each syllable has some oneof these inflections; but, for practical purposes, it isnecessary to mark those only which are emphatic. The various movements of the voice, in song
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