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Show Part I I . C H A P. 237 The fll‘ticulflffOIz of Lettcrr. tranfmitted to the upper part of the Mouth, the Arch of the Palate, is f,,._ Breath being $233533." ther fwectned and incrcafed, as by the Shell of a Lute. And the "7212/4 moveth forward and backward by the Pterigofiapbylini, iii'iiifiiiirby VIII. 0/ the Hmmzer cf Speaking. and is inf'tituted as a Valve, to open and fhut the paflage of the Voice "Wallis" into the Nofe, which elfe by new modelling the Breath in its Conveyance, would give it a different Sound, and alter the tone of the Voice. And it may be obferved, that we may alfo communicate our Notions one Whime‘ing to another, without Voice, by a foft kind of Speech, commonly called iiiiigti 1113;, Nother rife of the Tongue is more noble then that of Tafiing, as it is A an Inflrument of Speech, by which we Complace and Infiruél each {ofter Appulfes upon the Eurelike Cartilages, and modelled by the Organs $)‘)‘u"-Z:nlflco: VVhifpering; which is accomplifhcd by a lefs expenfe of Breath, making ‘fgffh1g:f,:: Mnibeingofa other in order to Delight and Difcipline. . , lbw! Md, Man being of a generous and fociable Difpofition, pleafeth himfelf in i " treating others with a Civil Converfe, caufing his Affociates with chearful ‘=> I ooks, and kind Language,made up of various fignificant Terms, the livel A. Exprefles of the Mind, clearly reprcfented to us in fair Vocal Characters; which are to many diH‘ert-nr Models, formed by various Motions of the lni‘tnii‘n‘ents of the Voice, performed by divers Mufcular Contraétions, pro- dncing the natural Elements of Speech. ,mkm diii‘inifiii' llfe, the great Mafier and Arbitrator of Language, hath rendred it Arti~ wag, but ficial, as being taught, and is only fignificant, Km 7hr meme, Words being ‘ Reprefentativcs, defigned to render the notions of the Mind intelligible: And hence Languages have their firft Productions, by Infiitution and Mu. inal Confcnt, and are certain Syftems of Vocal Elements, contrived to requ arc prefent fuch determinate things and their Modalities. . A u The fewral Principles, out of which Words are framed, have their firfi 1": Formation by various ftops, whence arife the difTEl‘C'nt Modellings of Expi- But the more free and nil stinizlic' Speaking as it is more diffufive, by which we can Treat a greater fociety in Allegrczza, or in more fober Concerns : The V01ce being firft formed by an impulfe of Breathed Air upon the inward walls of the Arytcemeider, is afterward tuned by various Articulations of the Voice, giving difliné't Sounds, exprefling the feveral Elements of Speech, made by the Palate, Tongue, Gooms, Teeth, and Lips; of which fome Organs are Active, as the Tongue Theaaiveote ffgipchnggcy; and Lips; others Paffive, as the Palate, Gooms, and Teeth. Articulations are framed by the active Infiruments of Speech, as the terms 3:35:52; from which the divers Motions do proceed, and do determine in the Paflive five,asthe1'aOrgans of Speech, upon which the Appulfes are received, and give lieveral lféfifiooms" flops to the Breath, making dif'tinét Sounds, the Heralds of our Minds. Among the Afiive Organs, the Tongue is mof't ferviceable, and plaieth evea Iy way by the feveral Contraélions of Mufcles, to and from all parts of the Palate, Gooms, and Teeth, except the Arch of the Palate, which is left free red Air, in its retreat from the Lungs by the Larynx, through the Mouth, ill or Nofe, produced by the Organs of Speech; well worth our Remark, as toaflift the Sound in its paffage through the Mouth. '0, the firfi elements of Difcourfe, and exprcfles of Learning. Mufcles of the under Lip; and Temporal Mufcle's, the Elevators of the lower Mandible. B, is pronounced by an appulfe Of Breath upon the Lips, by clofing the Kisformeilty 1' So that the Meteria Subflmta of Letters,is Expired Air-formally confirmed by the Motions and Figures of the Tongue and Lips, the naive lnflrum'ents or Speaking, Tuning the Breath with a proper Sound, by which every Elefiixy‘wfl: ment of Speech is diflingmflied. , Thc Organs which concur in the forming the Voice, are the Lungs, Aflm‘fl \ of Speech, contrived by a more fecret Converfe. open way of Difcourfe, is framed by Voice, made by fironger Vibrations camuscof repelled Air upon the Rimula, being f0 much the more a perfect way of ip , Arm-in, Larynx, the Arch of the Palate, Tongue, Teeth, Gooms, LipS, remix, Arch "wild, and Nofe. And the under is moved, to the upper Lip, and row of Teeth, by the under Lip with the upper, caufed by lifting up the. lower Mandible, to iiiéiiiiiiiéo‘ii which the under Lip is affixed, and is performed by the Contraction of the ""1"?" Temporal Nhifclcs. B, P, and M, are Articulated with the fame Organs of Speech, onlyI B,P,anth. conceive they diffEr in divers motions of Breath; 3; being celebrated With iiiiiiiiigiriy oi the Palate, ggsyilisiaztji, The-Lungs are the Machines of refpired Air, fqueezing it our of the Mag Bronchia by their \veight,and making it recoil through the Afpera Arteriasas 3 Pipe, or Channel, to reconvey it to the tide of the Larynx , like the Sound-board of an Organ, to collect and tranfinit the Breath through the Afycrtz Arteria,to the Rimnla of the Glottis; which by the aflif'tance of various Antagonift Mufcles (as f0 many curious Machines of Motion) hath a POW" er to Contract and Dilate it felf, according to the diflbreirt Motions of the Larynx ( contrived by the infinite Wifdom of the Grand Architect) no Way " {M‘hi‘ir to be I'arallel'd, or fully imitated by Art. birthbr The Expired Air being impelled at our pleafure, paffeth readily to the m l arynx, where it receiveth a Check againft the {ides of the Cartilages ofthe car» Aijtmzzoerder.So that the Air being impelled in Expiration,and conveyed through the Rimula of the Glottis, maketh an Appulfe upon the infidc of the Eureliltc Cartilages, rendred tenfe by their various Mufcles, outwardly befetting them, whence the Breath is modelled into a Vocal Sound 5 which being tranfmitted brisker, and P, and M, with fofter Vibrations of Breath, made upon the E‘Qflfgftgf clofed Lips, giving Checks to the gentler Undulations of Expired Air : M, by a more , . . . llrong appulrc IS formed by a clofe flop of the Lips, much refemblmg that of B, but of Breath. P, with this Difcriminarion, that at the fame time the Mamba is drawn forward, and the Voice in M, is fomewhat conveyed into the Nofe. The Letters T, D, and N, are framed by an Appulfe of the tip of the Tongue, to the Gooms, which is acted by the Genioglofli, Styloglofli, and Myloglufl? : The firft putting the Tongue forward, and the other lift it up to the Gooms. And though T, D, and N, are Articulated by the fame Organs, yet they are diftinguifhed by different Motions of Breath, impelled more foftly in T, and more flrongly in D, and N, diflereth from T and D, by fome part of the Breath tranfmitting the Voice fomewhat into the Nofe,which is efleéied by the @terz'gqfiapbylini ( difcovered by Dr. (room) which in their Contraction, pull the "smile toward the Mouth, and give a freedom for the Voice to pafs out of the Mouth into the NOE, at «i K:- it fifdxfiggc, iiiiimm of T,D.andN, 3:43.333er Flami'iféff ,hcé‘zonfg, |
