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Get to know Vocalic better with 7 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like consonantal or phone.

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Vocalic in a sentence

Vocalic meaning

Pertaining to a vowel.

Synonyms of Vocalic

vowellike consonantal phone speech sound sound

Related words

Other words often associated with Vocalic or its synonyms:

earpiece good fit ring safe intelligent telephone unsound undamaged earphone healthy stable

Using Vocalic

  • The main meaning on this page is: Pertaining to a vowel.
  • Useful related words include: vowellike, consonantal, phone, speech sound.
  • In the example corpus, vocalic often appears in combinations such as: vocalic diacritics, the vocalic.

Context around Vocalic

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

fully 1× english 1× indicating 1× additional 1×

Often after:

diacritics 2× high 1×

Sentence patterns with Vocalic

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

e g vocalic high back 1× explicitly indicating vocalic r with 1× modern english vocalic y is 1× six additional vocalic diacritics in 1× the vocalic place node 1× to fully vocalic i u 1× vowels the vocalic diacritics for 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

chomsky and halle 1× in addition y 1× likewise modern english 1× spelling in androcles 1× the vocalic place 1× there are six 1×

Common sentence endings:

early modern english 1× on the dialect 1× the above ligatures 1× the miśra alphabet 1× these feature bundles 1× they are attached 1×

Words around Vocalic

Just before it in the word index:

vocales 3 vocal 1.842 vocabulary 511 vocabularies 20 vocables 4 vocab 2

Just after it in the word index:

vocalion 3 vocalis 5 vocalisation 6 vocalisations 11 vocalise 2 vocalised 6

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaba 10 aafc 10 aaib 10 aalbers 10 abbate 10 abbesses 10

Corpus analysis for Vocalic

  • In this selection, "vocalic" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, fully, english, indicating, diacritics and high stand out and add context to how "vocalic" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include e g vocalic high back and explicitly indicating vocalic r with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "vocalic" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with vocalic

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

There are six additional vocalic diacritics in the miśra alphabet. (10 words)

Vowels The vocalic diacritics for u and ū vary according to the consonant to which they are attached. (18 words)

Spelling in Androcles follows the phonemic distinctions of British Received Pronunciation except for explicitly indicating vocalic "r" with the above ligatures. (21 words)

Longer example sentences

Chomsky and Halle represent speech sounds as bundles of plus-or-minus valued features (e.g. vocalic, high, back, anterior, nasal, etc.) The phonological component of each lexical entry is considered to be a linear sequence of these feature bundles. (40 words)

The vocalic place node would be placed under the C-place node and V-place nodes interpolated to preserve well-forwardness. citation Vowels * The exact phonetic realization of the close-mid vowels /e, o/ depends on the dialect. (38 words)

In addition, y and w are added to fully vocalic i, u, and ü when these occur without an initial consonant, so that they are written yi, wu, and yu. (30 words)

Example sentences (7)

Chomsky and Halle represent speech sounds as bundles of plus-or-minus valued features (e.g. vocalic, high, back, anterior, nasal, etc.) The phonological component of each lexical entry is considered to be a linear sequence of these feature bundles.

In addition, y and w are added to fully vocalic i, u, and ü when these occur without an initial consonant, so that they are written yi, wu, and yu.

Likewise, Modern English vocalic Y is pronounced identically to the letter I. But Modern English uses it in only certain places, unlike Middle and early Modern English.

Spelling in Androcles follows the phonemic distinctions of British Received Pronunciation except for explicitly indicating vocalic "r" with the above ligatures.

There are six additional vocalic diacritics in the miśra alphabet.

The vocalic place node would be placed under the C-place node and V-place nodes interpolated to preserve well-forwardness. citation Vowels * The exact phonetic realization of the close-mid vowels /e, o/ depends on the dialect.

Vowels The vocalic diacritics for u and ū vary according to the consonant to which they are attached.

Common combinations with vocalic

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "vocalic" in a sentence?
An example: "Chomsky and Halle represent speech sounds as bundles of plus-or-minus valued features (e.g. vocalic, high, back, anterior, nasal, etc.) The phonological component of each lexical entry is considered to be a linear sequence of these feature bundles." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "vocalic" from authentic English texts.
What does "vocalic" mean?
Vocalic means: Pertaining to a vowel.
What are synonyms of "vocalic"?
Common synonyms of "vocalic" include: vowellike, consonantal, phone, speech sound, sound.
How many example sentences with "vocalic" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "vocalic", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.