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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
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The
phonograph
shows
that
they
are
identical
in
sound
and
form,
besides
the
fact
that
they
are
the
outburst
of
the
same
passion,
actuated
by
the
same
cause
and
executed
by
the
same
muscles,
so
that
their
identity,
mentally,
physically,
and
mechanically,
is
the
same.
[Sidenote:
VOWEL
SOUNDS]
Among
the
sounds
of
the
Simian
voice
I
have
not
found
the
English
vowels
"a,"
"i,"
or
"o,"
except,
perhaps,
"i"
short
as
sounded
in
the
word
"it."
The
vowel
"u,"
as
sounded
like
"oo"
in
"shoot,"
seems
to
be
the
chief
sound
of
their
speech.
One
important
point
which
I
discovered
from
the
phonograph
is,
that
sounds
or
tones
which
are
purely
musical
are
reproduced
alike
with
the
cylinder
turning
either
way,
while
all
speech
sounds
are
slightly
changed
when
the
cylinder
is
reversed,
which
shows
the
sounds
to
be
compound.
I
find
that
"w"
may
be
developed
from
any
consonant
by
manipulating
the
cylinder
of
the
phonograph,
and
it
is
a
fact
also
that
the
initial
consonant
imparted
to
any
vowel
does
not
continue
through
the
vowel.
This
I
have
shown
by
making
a
vowel
sound
which
I
prolong
for
some
seconds
with
the
cylinder
revolving
at
a
given
rate
of
speed.
While
reproducing
this
at
a
normal
speed
I
intercepted
at
any
point,
and
developed
the
sound
"w"
as
heard
in
"woe."
The
instant
I
have
blended
this
into
the
vowel,
I
lift
the
diaphragm
until
the
normal
speed
is
restored,
when
I
replace
the
reproducing
tooth
showing
the
sound
without
the
consonant.
In
like
manner
I
dictate
to
the
phonograph
any
vowel
sound
preceded
by
a
consonant.
The
consonant
I
utter
in
a
natural
way,
the
vowel
I
prolong
for
some
seconds,
and
in
the
act
of
reproducing
this
I
cut
the
sound
in
two
and
find
the
vowel
element
is
not
modified
by
the
consonant
which
preceded
it,
hence,
I
observe
that
the
consonant
merely
suggests
to
the
mind
a
certain
form
of
sound
which
does
not
change
the
fundamental
vowel.
In
fact,
it
aids
the
voice
somewhat
in
uttering
the
vowel.
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