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We learnt from the passage that ………
a) “visible speech” is a set of phonetic rules used today.
b) by compiling the phonetic alphabet Melville Bell described how to produce a sound
c) Melville Bell created the language spoken by the whole world.
d) people who spoke different languages were able to communicate with each other


478. Alexander Melville Bell (1 March 1819 – 7 August 1905) was a teacher and researcher of physiological and was the author of numerous works on orthoepy and elocution. Melville Bell, the father of Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, studied the anatomy of speech and approached his subjects with scientific thoroughness. In 1864, he completed a universally applicable phonetic alphabet, by which he could describe the manner of production of the sounds of nearly all known languages. He called this alphabet “Visible Speech” and its various symbols – thirty – four in all, showed how the vocal organs would be positioned to make a sound. This alphabet was to become the direct ancestor of the International Phonetic Alphabet, which is used today.
The author of the passage points out that …………
a) the telephone invention was one of the greatest scientific contribution used today
b) the languages Melville Bell spoke were the ones spoken in major countries of the world
c) Melville Bell applied deep approach based on methods and principles of science in his studies
d) the phonetic alphabet compiled by Melville Bell included at least 34 sounds


479. Alexander Melville Bell (1 March 1819 – 7 August 1905) was a teacher and researcher of physiological and was the author of numerous works on orthoepy and elocution. Melville Bell, the father of Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, studied the anatomy of speech and approached his subjects with scientific thoroughness. In 1864, he completed a universally applicable phonetic alphabet, by which he could describe the manner of production of the sounds of nearly all known languages. He called this alphabet “Visible Speech” and its various symbols – thirty – four in all, showed how the vocal organs would be positioned to make a sound. This alphabet was to become the direct ancestor of the International Phonetic Alphabet, which is used today.