Speakers, singers and stammerers / by Frederick Helmore.

  • Helmore, Frederick.
Date:
1874
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Credit: Speakers, singers and stammerers / by Frederick Helmore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    made until the separation of the tongue from the roof of the mouth. The sound of hard g, as in get, good, or gain, is partly con- tinuous and partly explosive, while that of k, or hard c, as in cat, cook, or cup, is simply explosive. The same position is required for both. The tongue has to be placed so as to touch those portions of the palate which adjoin the side teeth. The same position is required for the continuous sound of the Welsh, Gaelic, or German ch; but, as it is un- accompanied by laryngeal vibrations, it is classed among the whispering consonants. The sound of 7, as in jam, Jet, yew; and of soft g, as in gem, gin, Gentile; is partly continuous and partly explosive ; while that of ch as in cheese, chick, chant, is simply explosive. Each is produced by bringing the tongue in contact with the lower side teeth. The sound of / is continuous. In producing it the tip of the tongue is placed as for n, in contact with the roof of the mouth, but its continuous vibrations escape through the mouth instead of the nostrils. The Welsh sound of // re- quires a similar position to that for /. It is not, however, accompanied by laryngeal vibrations, but only by a whispered breathing. The sound of r is continuous, and is produced by placing the tongue lightly against the palate in such a way that it is rapidly fluttered by the current of air forced past it from the lungs. The final r is a short whispered sound. In Scotland it is made sonorous; and the fluttering action of the tongue is maintained as in the initial r. In many of the southern counties the final r is made sonorous, but without the fluttering of the tongue. Cockneys omit the sound of the final r altogether; and pronounce are and ah in pre- cisely the same manner. In Newcastle and South Northum- berland the initial r is produced by vibrating the root in-