Pairs of consonants, 40
Palatal combinations, 59, 60
Palatal sounds, 39, 50, 51
Palmer, Erastus, 116
Palate, 9 fig., 27
Pharynx, 9 fig.
People or Pigs, 207
Phrasing, 126, 127
Pitch, 17, 27, 106; relative, 106;
how to determine, 106; im-
portance of, 107; faulty, 107;
effects of too high, 107; dan-
ger of faulty, 108; normal,
108, 109; exercises, 109, 110;
changing, 110, 113
Poetry, reading, 128-131
Poverty, 229
Predatory Rich, The, 209
Primary vowel sounds, 19, 34;
exercises, 25, 26
Principles of Oral English (Pal-
mer), 116
Pronunciation, faulty, 71
Proposition for debate, 156, 157
Psychology of Public Speaking
(Scott), 93
Puritan Principles, 214
Purposes of speaking in public,
Quality of tone, 26; exercises,
Quality, 97; change of, 98; neu-
tral, 99; orotund, 99, 101;
guttural, 101-103; breathy,
103-105; nasal, 105
Rate, 91; exercises, 92, 93, 95-
97; to lessen, 93, 94; when to
change, 94; normal, 94, 95;
increased, 94, 96, 97; slow,
94-96
Rebuttal in debate, 165
Resonators, 9, 19
Restrictive modifiers, 127, 128
R sound, 37-39, 66, 67
Rules of formal debate, 155
Rhythm, a source of dialect, 135
San Martin, 195
Scott, Walter Dill, 93
Sculptured Figures of Society,
Selections for practice, 171-240
Sentences, words combined in,
72
Soldier of France, A, 179
Sonants, 40, 41
Sounds combined into words,
54; exercises, 54-71
Speaking in public, 136; pur-
poses of, 136-139
Speech, 17
Speech, how to prepare, 141-
146; in debate, 164, 165
Spelling of consonant sounds,
52, 53
Soft palate, 9 fig., 17
Sound, 17
Spirit of the Past, The, 217
Spirit of the South, The, 194
Stops, 40
Subjects for public speaking,
139-141
Summary in debate, 164
Surds, 40, 41
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