vocalic

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All the Germanic languages were familiar with vocalic change as possessed of functional significance.

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

Footnote 38: There are changes of accent and vocalic quantity in these forms as well, but the requirements of simplicity force us to neglect them.

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

Only later in the history of the language was the vocalic alternation made significant for number.

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

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