manner, and only differ in one being an undertone, and the The instructor will require the students to read or recite the table of Alphabetic Equivalents, using the following formula: The Alphabetic Equivalents of A first power are ai, au, ay, e, ea, ee, ei, ey; as in the words, gain, gauge, stray, melee', great, vein, they. I. TONIC ELEMENTS. For à, ai, au, ay, e, ea, ee, ei, ey; as in gain, gauge, stray, melee', great, vein, they. For å, ai, ua; as in plaid, guaranty. For å, au, e, ea, ua; as in haunt, sergeant, heart, guard. For å, au, aw, eo, o, oa, ou; as in fault, hawk, George, cork, broad, bought. For å, ai, e, ea, ei; as in chair, there, swear, heir. For è, ea, ee, ei, eo, ey, i, ie; as in read, deep, ceil, people, key, valise, field. For å, a, ai, ay, ea, ei, eo, ie, u, ue; as in any, said, says, head, heifer, leopard, friend, bury, guess. For e, ea, i, o, ou, u, ue, y; as in earth, girl, word, scourge, burn, guerdon, myrrh. For i, ai, ei, eye, ie, oi, ui, uy, y, ye; as in aisle, sleight, eye, die, choir, guide, buy, my, rye. For i, ai, e, ee, ie, o, oi, u, ui, y; as in captain, pretty, been, sieve, women, tortoise, busy, build, hymn. For ò, au, eau, eo, ew, oa, oe, oo, ou, ow; as in hautboy, beau, yeoman, sew, coal, foe, door, soul, blow. For 8, a, ou, ow; as in what, hough, knowledge. For ỗ, ew, oe, oo, ou, u, ui; as in grew, shoe, spoon, soup, rude, fruit. For ù, eau, eu, ew, ieu, iew, ue, ui; as in beauty, feud, new, adieu, view, hue, juice. For ů, o, oe, 00, ou; as in love, does, blood, young. For ou, ow; as in now. For oi (ai), oy; as in boy. II. SUBTONIC AND ATONIC ELEMENTS. For f, gh, ph; as in cough, nymph. For j, g; as in gem, gin. For k, c, ch, gh, q; as in cole, conch, lough, etiquette. For t, d, th, phth; as in danced, Thames, phthisic. For y, i; pinion. For z, c, 8, x; as in suffice, rose, zebec. For z, g, 8; as in rouge, osier. For ng, n; as in anger, bank. For ch, t; as in fustian. For sh, c, ch, s, ss, t; as in ocean, chaise, sure, assure, martial. TONIC AND SUBTONIC COMBINATIONS. After the instructor has given a class thorough drill on the preceding tables, as arranged, the following exercises will be found of great value, to improve the organs of speech and the voice, as well as to familiarize the student with different combinations of sounds. Students will not pass from these exercises until they can utter the elements represented by the figured vowels in whatever order the instructor may require. As the fifth element represented by a, and the third element of e, are always immediately followed by the oral element of in words, the r is introduced in like manner in these exercises. The sixth sound of a is always immediately followed by the oral element of f, n, or s, in words. For convenience, f only is introduced in these combinations. shår, sha, sha, shǎ, shä. sher, she, shě; shäf, wher, whě, whe; whâf, whår, whå, whă, PHONETIC LAUGHTER. whĩ, whĩ; whã, whâ. LAUGHTER, by the aid of Phonetics, is easily taught, as an art. It is one of the most interesting and healthy of all class exercises. It may be either vocal or respiratory. There are thirty-two well-defined varieties of laughter in the English language, eighteen of which are produced in connection with the tonics; nine, with the subtonics of l, m, n, ng, r, th, v, and z; and five, with the atonics of f, h, s, th, and sh. Commencing with vocal laughter, the instructor will first utter a tonic, and then, prefixing the oral element of h, and accompanied by the class, he will produce the syllable continuously, subject only to the interruptions that are incidental to inhalations and bursts of laughter; as, a, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, &c.,-ă, ha, ha, ha, ha, &c. The attention of the students will be called to the most agreeable kinds of laughter, and they will be taught to pass naturally and easily from one variety to another. ERRORS IN ARTICULATION. ERRORS IN ARTICULATION arise chiefly, 1. From the omission of one or more elements in a |
