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Show 114 w. w. F. v. Th. Th. s. z. SH. J. Additional Note3. Sibilants and Sonisibilants. Of the Germans; if the lips be appreRsed together, as in forming the letter p; at1d air from the mouth be forced betw;eu them· the W sibilant is produced, as pronounced by the Germans,' and by some of the inferiour people of London, and ought to have an appropriated character as thus M. . If in the above situation of the lips a sound be produced m the mouth as in the letter B, and the sonorous air be forced between them;' the sonisibilant letter W is produced; which is the com-mon W of our language. If the lower lip be appressed to the edges of the upper .t~eth, and air from the mouth be forced between them, the s1btlant letter F is formed. If in the above situation of the lip and teeth a sound tJe produced iu the mouth, and the sonorous air be forced between them, the sonisibilant letter Vis formed. Sibilant. If the point of the tongue be placed between the teeth, and air from the mouth be forced between them, the Th sibilant is produced, as in thigh, and should have a proper character, as (I) Sonisibilant .. If in the above situation of the tongue and teeth a sound be produced in the mouth, and the sonorous air be forced between them, the sonisibilant Th is formed, as in Thee; and should have an appropriated character as e . If the point of the tongue be appressed to the forepart of the palate, as in forming the letter T, and air from the mouth be forced between them, the sibilant letter S is produced. If in the above situation of the tongue ' and palate a sound be produced in the mouth, as in the letter D, and the sonorous air be forced between them, the sonisibilant letter Z is form'ed. If the point of the tongue be retracted and applied to the middle part of the palate, as in forming the letter K, and air from the mouth be forced between them, the letter Sh is produced, which is a simple sound and ought to have a single character, thus A. French. If in the above situation of the tongue and palate a sound be produced .in the mouth, as in the letter Ga;, and the Anal!Jsis <?[Articulate Sozmds. 115 sonorous air be forced between them; the J consonant of the French is formed; which i a sonisibilant letter, as in the word ooncl usion, confusion, pigeon; it should be called J e and ~hould have a different character from the vowel i, with ~d1ich 1t has an analogy, as thus V. II. If th~ bac.k part of the tongue be appressed to the pendulous curtam of the palate and uvula; and air from behind be forced between them; the s~bilant letter II j produced. Ch Spanish. If in the above situation of the tongue and palate a sound be produced behind; and the sonorous air be forced between them; the Ch Spanish is formed; which is a soni ibilant letter, tl1c same as the Ch Scotch in the words Duchahan and loch: it is also perhaps the Welsh guttural expressed by their double L as in Lloyd, Lluellen; it is a simple ound, and ought to have a single character as :c. The sibilant and sonisibilant letters may be elongated in pronunciation like the vowels; the sibilancy is probably occasioned by the vibrations of the air being slower than those of the lowest musical notes. I have preferred the word sonisibilants to the word semivocal sibilants; as the sounds of these sonisibilants are formed in different apertures of the mouth, and not in the larynx like the vowels. Orisonant Liquids. R. If the point of the tongue be appre sed to the forepart of the palate, as in forming the letters T, D, N, S, Z, and air be pushed between them so as to produce continued sound, the letter R is formed. L. If the retracted tongue be appressed to the middle of the palate, as in formi11g the letters K, Ga, NG, Sh, J French, and air be pushed over its edges so as to produce continued sound, the letter L is formed. The nasal letters m, n, and ng, are clear tremulous sounds like R and L, and have all of them been called liquids by grammarians. Besides the R and L, above described, there is another orisonant sound produced by the lips in whistling; which is not used in this |