vocalic

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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 Sapir, Edward

So many unrelated functions were ultimately served by the vocalic change that we cannot believe that it was motivated by any one of them.

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

Consonantal change as a functional process is probably far less common than vocalic modifications, but it is not exactly rare.

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

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

The vocalic mutation of c, p, t, s, f was denoted by writing ch, ph, th, sh, fh, the first three symbols of which were derived from the Latin alphabet.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various