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Definition of Subtonics
1. subtonic [n] - See also: subtonic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subtonics
Literary usage of Subtonics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practical Elocutionist, Or, The Principles of Elocution Rendered Easy of by Henry Bartlett Maglathlin (1849)
"The subtonics are so called from their vocal properties being somewhat inferior
to that of the tonics ; and the ..."
2. The Practical Elocutionist: Or the Principles of Elocution by Henry Bartlett Maglathlin (1850)
"The subtonics are so called from their vocal properties being somewhat inferior
... When—What—Wheel. Church—Chalk— Chain. subtonics having no correspondent ..."
3. Essentials of Public Speaking by Robert Irving Fulton, Thomas Clarkson Trueblood (1910)
"subtonics are tones modified by a closure or partial closure of the articulating
organs. All consonants that have tone are of this class, eg b, 1, m, ng, z, ..."
4. Essentials of Public Speaking by Robert Irving Fulton, Thomas Clarkson Trueblood (1910)
"subtonics are tones modified by a closure or partial closure of the articulating
organs. All consonants that have tone are of this class, eg b, 1, m, ng, z, ..."
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