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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. INFLECTION-THE NECESSARY INFLECTIONS. In order to understand what is meant by Inflection, it is necessary to attend to the distinction between musical and speaking sounds. Musical sounds are such as continue for a given time on one precise point of the musical scale, and leap, as it Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. INFLECTION-THE NECESSARY INFLECTIONS. In order to understand what is meant by Inflection, it is necessary to attend to the distinction between musical and speaking sounds. Musical sounds are such as continue for a given time on one precise point of the musical scale, and leap, as it were, from one note to another, while speaking sounds, instead of dwelling on the note they begin with, slide either upwards or downwards to the neighbouring notes, without any perceptible rest on any; so that speaking and musical sounds are essentially distinct, the former being constantly in motion from the moment they commence, the latter being at rest for some given time in one precise note. Accordingly by inflection is meant the slide, whether upwards or downwards, with which each syllable is pronounced. Inflection is independent of the pitch of the voice, and of the time in which the whole word is pronounced, as well as of the loudness or softness which may accompany any pitch. On whatever point of the musical scale the pronunciation of a syllable begins, and whether the time be quick or slow, or the tone loud or soft, it necessarily slides either upwards or downwards. The degree in which it rises or falls may vary, according to the variety of passion, but it must do either one or the other; otherwise the sound would degenerate into monotone or song. These slides or inflections, which the voice makes in pronouncing words, are two, the rising and the falling; and they may be marked thus, i the rising. 4.1. c u- cinflection. the falling $ In order to make these different inflections of the voice more easily apprehended, let us suppose that we have to pronounce the following sentence: Does Csesar deserve fame or blame? This sentence, it is presumed, wi. Books, History~~General, Grammar-of-Elocution~~Samuel-Wood, , , , , , , , , , General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781459014787

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1833 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VI. THE EMPHASIS OF SENSE. Having now finished what was necessary to be said respecting Syllabic and Organic Emphasis, we proceed to the Emphasis of Sense. The Emphasis of Sense is that stress or force which we give to words, which are in contradistinction to other words expressed or understood. This stress consists in making light monosyllables heavy, and in giving additional weight or force to what is commonly called the accented syllable of words of more than one syllable, that is, to that syllable which has the syllabic emphasis. In the following examples the words which have this emphasis are printed in italics. The importance of this emphasis is such, that if it be not laid in the proper place, the sense of the sentence may be completely altered; thus, When the chief priests, therefore, and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him and I crucify him; for /find no faxilt in him.--John xix. 6. The sense of the latter clause, read in this manner, is what the Evangelist meant to convey, namely, that Pilate desired them to do, as their own act, and on their own responsibility, what he himself saw no reason for doing. But if we read it thus, Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him and crucify him , for I j find no fault in him, the sense will be, that Pilate told them to take Jesus and crucify him, because he was persuaded of his innocence. The following may be taken as another example: Shall you ride to town to-day? This sentence is capable of being taken in four different senses, according as the emphasis is laid. If it be on the word you, Shall you ride to town to- day? the answer may be, No; I shall send my servant. If on the word ride--Shall you ride to town to- day? the an... Rev. Samuel Wood, Books, History, A Grammar of Elocution Books>History This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: J. Taylor in 1833 in 224 pages; Subjects: History / General;<

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