The voice is so little intercepted in passing through the nostrils (forming m, n, or ng), and through the wide apertures of L, and also of R when not initial in a syllable, that the sound has almost the pure sonorousness of a vowel ; and these elements... The Columbian Cyclopedia1897Full view - About this book
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1864 - 852 pages
...passing tlirough the nostrils (forming in, n, or ng), and through the wide apertures of L, and also of R when not initial in a syllable, that the sound has...their natural quantity as vocal sounds ; as in lamp, ternse, tent, ne.ii.sf, tenth, ink (= inyk), &e. ; milt, s/nlt, help, self, else, Wel-eh, healtít,... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1868 - 854 pages
...passing through the nostrils (forming m, n, or ng), and through the wide apertures of L, and also of R when not initial in a syllable, that the sound has...in lamp, temse, tent, sense, tenth, ink (= ingk), &c. ; milk, spilt, help, self, else, Welsh, health, &c. ; hark, heart, harp, serf, earth, harsh, horse,... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1868 - 858 pages
...passing through the nostrils (forming m, n, or ng\ and through the wide apertures of L, and also »f R when not initial in a syllable, that the sound has almost the pure sonorousness of a vowel ; ami these elements have received the name of Liquids, to designate their property of syllabically... | |
| Ephraim Chambers - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1870 - 850 pages
...passing through the nostrils (forming m, », or ng), and through the wide apertures of L, and also of R when not initial in a syllable, that the sound has...quantity as vocal sounds ; as in lamp, temse, tent, кете, tenth, ink ( = inijk), &c. ; mill; sput, help, eelf, else, Wehh, htalÜL, &c. ; hark, heart,... | |
| Andrew Findlater - Language and languages - 1875 - 86 pages
...passing B through the nostrils in forming m, n, or ng, and through the wide apertures of /, and also of r when not initial in a syllable, that the sound has...absorbed by them, and losing much of their natural quality as vocal sounds. 17. Function of Consonants, and their mutual Affinities. — Consonants form,... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1875 - 840 pages
...passing through the nostrils in forming m, n, or ng, and through the wide apertures of /, and also of r when not initial in a syllable, that the sound has...absorbed by them, and losing much of their natural quality as vocal sounds. Consonants form, as it were, the bare and bony skeleton of speech ; vowels... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1878 - 872 pages
...passing through the nostrils (forming rn, n, or ng), and through the wide apertures of L, and also of R when not initial in a syllable, that the sound has...combining with voiceless consonants — seeming to flnw into and to be absorbed by them, and losing much of their natural quantity as vocal sounds ; as... | |
| Andrew Findlater - Language and languages - 1879 - 80 pages
...passing B through the nostrils in forming m, n, or ng, and through the wide apertures of /, and also of r when not initial in a syllable, that the sound has...property of syllabically combining with voiceless consonants—seeming to flow into and to be absorbed by them, and losing much of their natural quality... | |
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