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1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading by B. A. Hathaway
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124. _Give an example._
Quoit.




ORTHOEPY.


1. _What is Orthoepy?_
That science which treats of the elementary sounds and the
pronunciation of words.

2. _What is Phonology?_
The science of the elementary sounds uttered by the human voice in
speech.

3. _What is an Elementary sound?_
One that cannot be divided so as to be represented by two or more
letters.

4. _What is Sound?_
A sensation produced on the auditory nerve by the rapid vibratory
motion of any elastic substance.

5. _What is the least number of vibrations that will produce an
audible sound?_
Sixteen per second.

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