vocalic

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A subsidiary but by no means unimportant grammatical process is that of internal vocalic or consonantal change.

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward

Esperanto has wisely adopted full, vocalic, syllabic endings for words.

From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Clark, Walter John

The relations of grammar are thus expressed for the most part by changes of vocalic sound, just as in English the plural of "man" is denoted by a change in the vowel.

From Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

Footnote 18: These may be also defined as free unvoiced breath with varying vocalic timbres.

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward

All these factors were equally true of the German vocalic shift.

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward