Download or read book Principles of Speech, and Dictionary of Sounds written by Alex Melville Bell and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Principles of Speech, and Dictionary of Sounds: Including Directions and Exercises for the Cure of Stammering and Correction of All Faults of Articulation In Preparation of this work the author has endeavored to write, not as for the use of pupils, to whom a defective description in the book might be orally supplemented, but for those to whom such additional instruction is not, and cannot be, available. He has studied to observe the utmost simplicity of arrangement and to avoid overloading principles by unnecessary rules. He has not followed in the steps of any preceding writer, either as to his theory or his plan of developing it; but he has observed nature for himself and recorded his observations after his own fashion. The Science of Speech Seemed to Want an A B C, And he has Endeavored to Supply the Deficiency. With reference to defects and impediments of articulation, the author has unreservedly communicated the principles and exercises by means of which such faults may be eradicated; and by the persevering application of which the stammerer, to whom oral instruction is beyond convenience, may work out his own relief. Early attention to imperfection of utterance would be in almost all cases successful in preventing the formation of impediments, if parents, teachers, governesses, and tutors were competent to direct the articulation of children. The necessary knowledge of principles, with many assistant exercises, adapted for the youngest pupils, the following pages supply. Public speakers, whose pronunciation is indistinct, or who suffer from exhaustion after vocal effort, will here learn the means of rendering their delivery mechanically faultless and the most protracted exercise of the voice perfectly easy and salutary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.