 | Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Williams - China - 1843 - 678 pages
...with the under jaw, is distant from tli£ arcb. of the hard palate, about an inch. While tbese pirts of the mouth are in this position, we cause vocalized...this mechanism, which thus articulates the sound of na. And as this sound is not either as bass as the vowel F-iund airf , nor as treble as that of re,... | |
 | Alexander John Ellis - Phonetic alphabet - 1845 - 214 pages
...tongue, which itself descends, of course, with the under jaw, is distant from the arch of the hard palate about an inch. While these parts of the mouth...this mechanism, which thus articulates the sound of a.'5) And as this sound is not either as bass, as the vowel sound 6, nor as treble as that of i, the... | |
 | Alexander John Ellis - Phonetic alphabet - 1845 - 214 pages
...outward current of air, and emit it through this mechanism, which thus articulates the sound of a.<6) And as this sound is not either as bass, as the vowel sound 6, nor as treble as that of i, the larynx is not either much depressed towards the chest, or much elevated... | |
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While these parts of the mouth are in this position, we cause vocalized breath, or voice, to be formed in the larynx, by the vibration of its sides from the outward current of air, and emit it through this mechanism, which thus articulates the sound of... 