Speaking and SpeechesDaye, 1947 - 279 pages |
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Page 58
... penult ( last syllable but one ) is long , it is stressed ; when it is short , the antepenult ( last syllable but two ) gets the accent ; e.g. , conve'ni ( e long ) , but conveniens ( i short because followed by a vowel ) . Accordingly ...
... penult ( last syllable but one ) is long , it is stressed ; when it is short , the antepenult ( last syllable but two ) gets the accent ; e.g. , conve'ni ( e long ) , but conveniens ( i short because followed by a vowel ) . Accordingly ...
Page 59
... penult , is short . Distribute , distrib'utive , distrib'utor according to the general rule of root stressing , but distribu'tion , follow- ing the Latin practice ( Latin : distribu'tio ) ; recom- mend ' ( stem : mend ) , but recommenda ...
... penult , is short . Distribute , distrib'utive , distrib'utor according to the general rule of root stressing , but distribu'tion , follow- ing the Latin practice ( Latin : distribu'tio ) ; recom- mend ' ( stem : mend ) , but recommenda ...
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able accent acoustic pattern actor anapaestic antepenult Ariovistus artistic attention audience auditorium basic become breath Brutus Caesar called certainly course Craig Baird depends effect emotional colors Erlking example exercise expression extemporaneous feelings friend yesterday give hear honorable human voice ideas imagination important impression interest intonation introduction kind language lecture lines listeners live logical logical stress manuscript Mark Antony means melody memory middle pitch mind Minor premise mood nature Nervii never oral orator oratorical outline pause penult platform pleonasm poem possible practice pronunciation proof public speaking radio reason reciting rhythm sentence sound speaker speech spoken story student syllable syllogism talk teacher tell tempo thing thought timbre tion tone colors topic trochaic unstressed usually verse vocal cords voice volume whisper Winston Churchill word group write wrote our friend