Phonetic syllabication : the cure for oratorical and other defects of speech / by Alexander Melville Bell.

  • Alexander Melville Bell
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[1896]
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    proved the efficacy of the method; and the principle will now, no doubt, be much more widely tested in this far greater field of work. But I am showing the applicability of the same principle to the improvement of public delivery, in cases where nothing in the nature of impediment exists. The common orator¬ ical defect of INDISTINCTNESS we meet on every platform. Let speakers give the subject a little thought, observation, and ex¬ periment. Let them ponder on the precept— GIVE EVERY SYLLABLE ITS OWN IMPULSE OF VOICE. Then let them listen to themselves, and be conscious that they violate this precept. The cure is in their own handsAPPLY THE PRE¬ CEPT ! This work each man can best ac¬ complish for himself. But while*self-surveillance may suffice for the correction of individual speakers, the pupils in schools should be regularly trained in the right method. The most improving
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