vocalic
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In Hebrew, as we have seen, vocalic change is of even greater significance than in English.
From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir
Irish the initial mutations are only regularly denoted in the case of the vocalic mutation of c, p, t, s, f, and the nasal mutation of b, d, g.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
Some of these grammatical processes, like suffixing, are exceedingly wide-spread; others, like vocalic change, are less common but far from rare; still others, like accent and consonantal change, are somewhat exceptional as functional processes.
From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir
All these factors were equally true of the German vocalic shift.
From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir
In certain cases the north prefers the vocalic mutation where the west and south have the nasal, thus notably in the dative singular after preposition and article, e.g.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
