Vocalic: alternatives and connections

The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as,…

To utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to enunciate; to speak distinctly.

A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs.

(linguistics) any vowel sound in which the tongue is positioned halfway between a front vowel and a back vowel.; "In practice, unround…

The act or habit of talking idly or rapidly, or of making inarticulate sounds; the sounds so made; noise made by the collision of the…

An articulate sound which in utterance is usually combined and sounded with an open sound called a vowel; a member of the spoken alpha…

a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another

To change into a diphthong, as by affixing another vowel to a simple vowel.

A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious combination of sounds; discord.

The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.

The cutting off or suppression of a vowel or syllable, for the sake of meter or euphony; esp., in poetry, the dropping of a final vowe…

the insertion of a vowel or consonant into a word to make its pronunciation easier; "the insertion of a vowel in the plural of the wor…

A transitional sound in speech which is produced by the changing of the mouth organs from one definite position to another, and with g…

To fetter; to shackle; to chain. H () the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with t…

a syllable with a branching nucleus or a branching rime.; "A heavy syllable consists of a long vowel or a diphthong, or a short vowel…

A sacred character; a character in picture writing, as of the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc. Specifically, in the plural, the pictu…

a syllable with a short vowel as the nucleus and no coda.; "A light syllable consists of a single short vowel in an open syllable."

Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the high and the…