vocalic

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It has all the vocalic syllables and endings it needs for softness, and incloses them mostly in consonants for condensation, vigor, and emphasis.

From Essays Æsthetical by Calvert, George H. (George Henry)

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

When the word causing mutation ended in a vowel we get the vocalic mutation, called by Irish grammarians aspiration.

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