3 PRACTICE.-FIRST DIVISION. TABLES OF ARTICULATION. TONIC SOUNDS. 3 4 5 5 ¿-ll-¿-n-á-rm-a-t-a-le-th-e-re-e-nd-e-ve-i-ll— a.-The tonic sound of a, as in åt, in the 9 9 er-ir.-The borrowed sounds of e and i, joined to r, making er and ir, as in her, sir, distinct from the sound of ur, as in cur, curl. Read the following table across in triple column. NOTE. This distinction is easily made by making the er and ir shorter and lighter, (by dwelling less upon them in utterance, and accenting them more rapidly,) than ur, which has a broader and more open sound. 7 7 TABLE V.. o-ow.-The full and round sound of the vowel o, (as in low,) in the vowel o and diphthong ow, unaccented. 68 u.-The diphthongal sound of ü, (eu,) as in pure. When any of the above syllables are compounded with r; in 8 which cases the pure tonic sound of the u, like oo in poor, prevails, as in true, as: And when ure is preceded by 8, it makes shoore. CONTRAST TABLES. To render the distinction between the above sounds clearer to the ear, read the following Tables in double column for contrast, giving the vowel sounds to each, as in the preceding Tables. respect-able, incompat-ible. costli-ness, glori-ous. |