 | Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Williams - China - 1843 - 678 pages
...though not vocalized, through the peculiar mechanism in the mouth, used as its articulation ; and hencet in this point of view, there is no real distinction...distinction between vowels and consonants, that in the former we use a distinct musical sound in the larynx, along with each of them, and emit it through... | |
 | Alexander John Ellis - Phonetic alphabet - 1845 - 214 pages
...consonants, though we then use only non-vocal breath, and not vocalized breath, or voice, at allS7) Each vowel, as it is called, has, therefore, a specific...affections of mere breath ; but in common speaking, where voice is always used, there is this distinction between vowels and consonants, that, in. the... | |
 | Alexander John Ellis - Phonetic alphabet - 1845 - 216 pages
...consonants, though we then use only non-vocal breath, and not vocalized breath, or voice, at all.(7> Each vowel, as it is called, has, therefore, a specific...both being, in whispering, affections of mere breath ; bnt in common speaking, where voice is always used, there is this distinction between vowels and... | |
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... in this point of view, there is no real distinction whatever, between vowels and consonants, both being, in whispering, affections of mere breath ; but in common speaking, wherein voice is always used, there is this distinction between vowels and... 