Analytical fifth reader Author:Richard Edwards 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: PHONIC ANALYSIS. LESSON I. In pronouncing the textit{word feet, we produce three sounds, each of which is textit{simple,?that is, each sound is such that i... more »t can not be separated into two or more unlike sounds. Such a sound is called textit{an elementary sound. The first element heard textit{in feet, called " the sound of/," is formed by continuous blowing, while the lower lip is placed lightly against the edges of the upper front teeth ; the second, called "longtextit{e" is produced by singing, while the tongue, slightly advanced, and curved so as to be highest in the middle, is raised nearly to the roof of the mouth ; and " the sound of textit{t" is formed by first pressing the end of the tongue against the inner gums of the upper front teeth, compressing the breath above it, and then suddenly allowing the forced breath to escape. Pronounce each of the following; words, and, after each, utter whichever of the foregoing three sounds it contains: textit{cat, me, cuff, laugh, sheaf, sphere, tea, eat, reefed. Of the three sounds we have been considering, which, if any, do you hear when you pronounce textit{of? bed? beak? team? tot? thee? thank? elk? enough? What four ways of representing " the sound of /," in the following four words,?textit{sheaf, cuff, laugh, sphere? Name three other words to illustrate each of these four ways. In what two ways is the sound of textit{t represented in textit{eat and textit{reefed? LESSON n. Pronounce textit{mete, mead, meed, bier, seize, pique, key, pcean. What one sound is heard in every one of these words ? How is this sound representedin textit{mete ? in textit{mead? in each of the remaining words ? Are any two of the ways alike? In the Keys to English spelling-books and dictionaries this sound is usually represented by e....« less