| Lemma | vocalic change |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Sapir (1921) |
| Titolo | Language |
| Sinonimi | vocalic modification (inglese) |
| Rinvii | consonant (inglese) functional (inglese) grammatical (inglese) grammatical process (inglese) language (inglese) method (inglese) radical element (inglese) relation (inglese) significance (inglese) voiced sound (inglese) voiceless sound (inglese) vowel (inglese) word (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | A subsidiary [...] grammatical process is that of internal vocalic or consonantal change. In some languages [...] the former of these has become one of the major methods of indicating fundamental changes of grammatical functions. Vocalic change is of great significance [...] in a number of American Indian languages. In the Athabaskan group many verbs change the quality or quantity of the vowel of the radical element as it changes its tense or mood.[...] In another Indian language, Yokuts, vocalic modifications affect both noun and verb forms. Consonantal change as a functional process is probably far less common than vocalic modifications. [...] in English, certain nouns and corresponding verbs differ solely in that the final consonant is voiceless or voiced [...] |