Melody In Speech - A Book Of Principle, Precept, And Practice In Inflection And Emphasis (1906) (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. UPWARD INFLECTIONS?THE BEND. The bend is a slight upward turn of the voice, indicating primarily a pause of imperfect sense; as, " If there be any consolation in Christ', any comfort of love', any fellowship of the spirit', any bowels and mercies', fulfill ye my joy." " The trials of wandering and exile', of the ocean, the wilderness, and the savage foe', were the final assurances of success." Note.?The bend is deferred from " wandering " to " exile". "Ocean," "wilderness," "savage foe," are all in apposition with "wandering and exile". If there were a bend on each member of the series, there would be no proper grouping. Instead of the bend, there is a slight suspension of the voice after " ocean " and " wilderness ". The bend is marked with the acute accent. The bend is employed :? a. In the intermediate pauses of declarative sentences (vn, p. 12); as, "Virtue' is the condition of happiness." " In the autumn of 1873' the war had closed with glory." Observation.?When, however, the parts of a sentence are closely connected, the divisions are marked by a mere suspension of voice, without the upward bend ; as, "To the perusal of the authors of the second class I shall now proceed." "The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended." (No bend at "class" and "David.") A great deal of general effect in reading, especially in point of melody, depends on nice discrimination in this particular. The bend is used also:? b. At the end of the declarative part of a semi-interrogative or semi-exclamatory sentence, when this part precedes the rest; as, " And he said',' Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? '' " They said, therefore, unto him', ' Who art thou ? '" " They will cry in the last accents of despair', ' Oh for a Washington, an Adams, or...

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Imprint:	Kessinger Publishing Co
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2009
First published:	November 2009
Authors:	Robert Raikes Raymond
Editors:	R. W. Raymond
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	196
ISBN-13:	978-1-120-64191-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms Promotions
LSN:	1-120-64191-8
Barcode:	9781120641915

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