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... vowel sound of i . Purists in Latin orthography will perhaps object to any employment of the characters j , v for the consonantal sounds of i and u ; but the practical convenience of sometimes using distinct characters for distinct sounds ...
... vowel sound of i . Purists in Latin orthography will perhaps object to any employment of the characters j , v for the consonantal sounds of i and u ; but the practical convenience of sometimes using distinct characters for distinct sounds ...
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... vowel - system , and the employment of vowel change rather than the earlier and simpler method of reduplication1 to ... sounds : for it is difficult to assign any other origin to speech , and the phenomena of dawning speech in infants point ...
... vowel - system , and the employment of vowel change rather than the earlier and simpler method of reduplication1 to ... sounds : for it is difficult to assign any other origin to speech , and the phenomena of dawning speech in infants point ...
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... Vowels ( vocales , Pwvýevra ) , so called because they have a sound of their own , being various modifications of the vocal sound produced by the chordae vocales . ' Interruption by complete contact , or compression by approxi- mation ...
... Vowels ( vocales , Pwvýevra ) , so called because they have a sound of their own , being various modifications of the vocal sound produced by the chordae vocales . ' Interruption by complete contact , or compression by approxi- mation ...
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... vowels . ( f and v are sometimes classed separately as ' Labio - dentals , being formed by contact of under lip and upper teeth ) . N.B. In Latin , c , g , represent the hard sound of κ , y : ¿ ( j ) , semivowel , the sound of English y ...
... vowels . ( f and v are sometimes classed separately as ' Labio - dentals , being formed by contact of under lip and upper teeth ) . N.B. In Latin , c , g , represent the hard sound of κ , y : ¿ ( j ) , semivowel , the sound of English y ...
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... sound . a . Tenues1 ( ıλà , ' voiceless ' also called , ' sharp , ' ' hard , ' ' surd ' ) , when the contact or ... vowel u and the v or digamma F , and that to distinguish the two the vowel received the name of 3 yiλòv = ' mere u . ' 2 ...
... sound . a . Tenues1 ( ıλà , ' voiceless ' also called , ' sharp , ' ' hard , ' ' surd ' ) , when the contact or ... vowel u and the v or digamma F , and that to distinguish the two the vowel received the name of 3 yiλòv = ' mere u . ' 2 ...
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Page 21 - Persius. The Satires. With a Translation and Commentary. By John Conington, MA, late Corpus Professor of Latin in the University of Oxford. Edited by H. Nettleship, MA Second Edition.
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