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PROF. E. W. SCRIPTURE1 has put forward a theory of the construction of vowel sounds, from which he concludes that “a vowel profile is a course of air vibration, muscular movement, nerve currents, and inner (psychic) activity”. In support of this he says: “[the vocal cavity] does not consist of a set of cavities connected by orifices but of one cavity of complicated form that cannot be analysed into separate cavities. … The shape of the vocal cavity is never constant for even the briefest instant; it is constantly and continuously changing according to the muscular movements that regulate it.” These suppositions require some amendment.
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Paget, "Human Speech", Paul Kegan, 1930, p. 42.
Ibid., p. 292.
Ibid., p. 297.
Compare Paget's "Human Speech", pp. 285–288, with Dr. F. G. Richardson's "Sound", pp. 285–288. Also Proc. Roy. Soc., 101, 391; 1922.
Paget, "Human Speech", p. 298.
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BENTON, W. Observations on Filmed and Filtered Vowels. Nature 130, 475 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130475a0
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