A Manner of Speaking: For Effective Communication |
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... hear high - frequency sounds . Although many people can hear frequencies that are considerably higher than 12,000 cycles per second , the auditory sensation of such high frequencies will probably not seem like a tone but rather like a ...
... hear high - frequency sounds . Although many people can hear frequencies that are considerably higher than 12,000 cycles per second , the auditory sensation of such high frequencies will probably not seem like a tone but rather like a ...
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... hear many faint sounds that the average person cannot hear , but he may be unable to discern slight differences in quality or pitch that most people can perceive quite easily . Another person might be slightly hard of hearing but able ...
... hear many faint sounds that the average person cannot hear , but he may be unable to discern slight differences in quality or pitch that most people can perceive quite easily . Another person might be slightly hard of hearing but able ...
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... hear the speaker's words if the speech sounds are not loud enough or distinct enough in utterance . He may hear words without understanding their individual or combined meanings , if many of the words are unfamiliar or if the structures ...
... hear the speaker's words if the speech sounds are not loud enough or distinct enough in utterance . He may hear words without understanding their individual or combined meanings , if many of the words are unfamiliar or if the structures ...
Contents
The Eating and Drinking Mechanism | 73 |
Vocal Variations While Speaking | 81 |
THE STRENGTH AND BASIC QUALITY OF THE VOICE | 88 |
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accent actor adjustment air molecules amplitude articulation attempt attitudes audience auditory breath pressure cavity cavity resonators changes communication consonant sounds cultured degree develop dictionary diphthong ear training Edna Ferber effective eliminate emotional enunciation example force emphasis frequency Fricative Consonant glottis Gunga Din habits of vocalization hear improve indicated inflections kind larynx listeners loudness manner of speaking means Method mouth muscles muscular nasal nasal cavities normal one's pauses physical Practice reading pronunciation quality of voice reading the following recognized relatively resonator result rhythm sense sentences skill social inhibitions soft palate sound wave speaker speech intonation pattern speech materials speech personality speech situation speech sounds spelling spontaneous stage fright standard substitute syllables symbols thee thoughts and feelings tion tonal expression tongue usually uttered variations verbal vibrating vocal cords vocal instrument vocal quality vocal tones voice quality vowel sounds W. S. Gilbert William Shakespeare words