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12 ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
32. Oertain letters in thc English Alphabet have the same power as
others in the preceding table, and may therefore be called Equivalents.
Equivalents of vowels and diphthongs are numerous.
33. Of the Subvocals and A spirate~, cigh~ pairs are Correlatif.1es. In
sounding the fil st of any of the~c pairs, the organs of voice'" and speech
are in the same position as in souDding its fellow, but the first, or subvocal,
has vocnlity; the second, or aspirate, has not.
34. TABLE of Equivalents and Correlative8.
EQUIYALE"T,';.
------- ~- ------ -- ---
CORRELATIVES.
S1lbVOCO/8. Aspilotes.
W =11 COl". mel". V. vow. F. fame.
y =i tyrant, s!"tem. G. gone. K. keep.
C hurd =k cat. B. bat. P. pen.
IQ =k liquor. Z. zinc. S. sin.
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Ie soft =8 fl'Ut.
, D. do. T. top.
iG soft -j gin. I Th. this. Th. thick.
iX =ks Ji " I Z. azure. Sh. show.
I I J. judge. Ch, chide.
35. Thc,{! elementary sounds of the human voie!', sometimes 8imple,
hut more commouly combined, 81'e formed into S1jl/ables nud wOl·d$.
SYLLABLES.
36. A Syllable is a certain vocal or articulate sound,
uttered by one impulse of the voice, and represented by
one or more letters, as,jarm,jal'nl-er, ea-gle, a-e-l'i-al.
37. Every word contains as many syllables as it has dis!.inct vocal
8oum]s, as gram-1IIa-ri-all.
38. A word uf olJe syllabIc is cal!ed Il .Monosyllablc.
39 . .A word of two syllables is called a Dissyllable.
40. A word of three syllables is cailed a Trisyllable.
41. A word of mo~e than three syllables is called n Polysyllable.
• The Organs of "oice are those parts (c'llled by physiologists the larynx and it.
appelldao;cs) which are emplo.ved in the production of simple vocal sounds.
The Organs of 8p~ec" are those parts employed to articulate or modify whispering
or vocal sounds. These are the tongue, lips, teeth, and palate.