Elements of Spanish Pronunciation

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C. Scribner's Sons, 1918 - 100 páginas
 

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Página ix - It is to be hoped that the day is not far off when every State will prohibit the destruction of life and health by the practice of quackery.
Página 36 - Spanish sounds are represented in the chart as follows: 1. In the vertical columns, according to the place of articulation, in natural order, to wit: lips, teeth, hard (front) palate, and soft (back) palate. 2. In the horizontal columns, according to the form of articulation, the breath passage being (a) extremely closed, or (b) considerably narrowed, or (c) completely open, in the place of articulation. 3. Symbols for voiceless sounds are black; for voiced sounds, red; and for nasal sounds, green....
Página 58 - Uno Dos Tres Cuatro Cinco Seis Siete Ocho Nueve Diez Once Doce Trece Catorce Quince Diez y seis Diez y siete Diez y ocho Diez y nueve Veinte...
Página xvii - ... in mind the fact that a great number of our students do not know that difference in their own language. I afterwards bring home to the class the difference between stops and continuants. To illustrate these explanations and make the pupils feel them, I utilize examples taken from the mother tongue. Thus, the class is given a simple and clear preparation for the pronunciation that he is to learn, and at the same time he is taught to be more careful in emitting the sounds of his own language. The...
Página 31 - Words ending in a vowel, or in n or s, are stressed on the next to the last syllable (Gra-na'-da, Ma-ni-za'-les).
Página 36 - ... (2) in the horizontal columns — according to the form of articulation, the breath passage being (a) completely closed, or (6) considerably narrowed, or (c) left comparatively open, in the place of articulation. Characters representing...
Página 10 - Before the vocal cords begin to vibrate, the opening (position of the lips) and the cavity (position of the tongue) of the mouth have assumed the shape required for each particular vowel sound; — (e) This position is kept unchanged while the vibration lasts for a given vowel...
Página 9 - Pronunciation, señala las diferencias de articulación entre el inglés y el español: "(a) The tongue is much farther forward than in English, and it is the upper part of its tip (never the lower) that touches the teeth or the gums...

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