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PHILOLOGY,
February, 19221
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N
M
Nl
..
...
__I
N
M
T
FIG.
am4ric
1.--fit de i'indpendance
N
N
T
FIG. 3.--belledame. (American)
N
FIG. 4.-ne'td.
(English)
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zooo*"C?
accompanyingfigure.
2 The experiments
reproducedin thisarticleweremade withthe appareilinscripteur
at the laboratoryofexperimental
phoneticsdirectedby Abb6 Rousselotat the Collogede
Prance.
The upperline, N, gives the vibrationsof the larynxtaken throughthe nose; the
secondline, M, the vibrationsfromthe mouth; the lowerline, T, the movementof the
XIV (1916), 414.
tongue. For furtherdetail,cf.my formerarticle,ModernPhilology,
T ,
FIG. 5.--net't.
II
(French)
N
M
T
FIG.
SYLLABLE
AND WORD
DIVISION
IN FRENCH
AND
ENGLISH
327
-leii
(French)
FIG.11.--exstase.
N
M
T
Fai. 12.-ecstasy. (English)
N
1M
t\I
L~c-
//I
<M
T
N_
T
FIG. 15.--Fr. obstacle. (Lote)
Q
\
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withthesecond
divisionoccursafterk, and s and t are pronounced
syllable.
In Englishecstasy(Fig. 12), k and s are pronouncedwith the
is continuous,
the
firstsyllable,t withthesecond; thepronunciation
fromone conconsonantpositionsare not held,and the transition
buta single
sonantpositionto theotheris so rapidthatk s tpresents
curve. Ecstasyis dividedinto syllablesthus,eks ta si.
L~
N
*II*CM6?4?)V*CECNL
--Y
V
~1
~~-~I
1-
C~?C4"
T
FIG. 16.-Eng. obstacle. (American)
N
Mk
T
FIG. 17-tras. (French)
N
Tt
ca
N
M
Sa
TI
FiG. 19.--thdtre. (French)
M
T
N
2M
II
N
M
IVL
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T --
M
T
-I-
?c
Y
FIG.
Bdle?
23.-vous connaissez
(Abb6Rousselot)
T
Bdle? (Fox)
FIG. 24.--vousconnaissez
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