Elements of English Grammar: With a Chapter on Essay WritingUniversity Press, 1910 - 336 pages |
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Page 43
... diphthongs . = 48. To complete the number of our elementary con- sonantal sounds we must add the Liquids , viz . l , m , n , r , and ng ( pronounced as in sing ) . These are all sonants in English . Owing to the fact that the sounds of ...
... diphthongs . = 48. To complete the number of our elementary con- sonantal sounds we must add the Liquids , viz . l , m , n , r , and ng ( pronounced as in sing ) . These are all sonants in English . Owing to the fact that the sounds of ...
Page 44
... and v dental as well as labial . 51. Enumeration of Vowel - Sounds . Vowel- sounds are either simple or compound in their character . Compound vowel - sounds are called Diphthongs . The words 44 ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... and v dental as well as labial . 51. Enumeration of Vowel - Sounds . Vowel- sounds are either simple or compound in their character . Compound vowel - sounds are called Diphthongs . The words 44 ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
Page 45
... Diphthongs . The words in the following columns illustrate the sixteen simple or elementary vowel - sounds employed in our English speech . Of these sixteen vowel - sounds , eight are long and eight are short . Long vowels father Short ...
... Diphthongs . The words in the following columns illustrate the sixteen simple or elementary vowel - sounds employed in our English speech . Of these sixteen vowel - sounds , eight are long and eight are short . Long vowels father Short ...
Page 46
... diphthongs of print , æ , æ , neither of which , in our English pronunciation , is a true diphthong at all . The a ... diphthongs : they are only more or less clumsy ways of showing the length of an elementary vowel - sound . The ...
... diphthongs of print , æ , æ , neither of which , in our English pronunciation , is a true diphthong at all . The a ... diphthongs : they are only more or less clumsy ways of showing the length of an elementary vowel - sound . The ...
Page 47
... diphthongs . There is some convenience however in placing them in the list of elementary vowel - sounds while recognising that in the standard speech of southern England they have acquired a diphthongal character . For when they occur ...
... diphthongs . There is some convenience however in placing them in the list of elementary vowel - sounds while recognising that in the standard speech of southern England they have acquired a diphthongal character . For when they occur ...
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