The science of speech / by Alexander Melville Bell.

  • Alexander Melville Bell
Date:
1897
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Credit: The science of speech / by Alexander Melville Bell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    an ee at tlie back of the tongue. AVe have thus, clearly discriminated, three high vow- els,—High Back, High Top, and High Front. Delalnalizing Vowels. To show the directive effect of these rela- tions of sound to sound, take an example: The High Back vowel is a Gaelic sound, which has probably never been heard by nine-tenths of those who may read these words; yet, this unheard sound will be pro- duced, with uniformity, by every person, at the first eifort. Proceed thus: Sound the vowel 00, and, while doing so, separate the lips with finger and thumb; and, instead of oo, the High Back vowel will be heard. The technical name of the vowel oo—High Back Round—exj^lains the mechanism of the sound. The tongue is in the High Back posi- tion, and the sound is labialized. Separating the lips delabializes the sound, and thus the pure High Back vowel is involuntarily pro- duced.
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