Get to know Vocalism better with 3 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like voice or vocalization.
Vocalism in a sentence
Vocalism meaning
- Speaking or singing.
- The vowel sounds used in a language.
- The vowels, sequence of vowels, or the quality peculiar to the vowels of a given word or group of words.
Synonyms of Vocalism
Using Vocalism
- The main meaning on this page is: Speaking or singing. | The vowel sounds used in a language. | The vowels, sequence of vowels, or the quality peculiar to the vowels of a given word or group of words.
- Useful related words include: vowel system, phonemic system, voice, vocalization.
- In the example corpus, vocalism often appears in combinations such as: the vocalism.
Context around Vocalism
- Average sentence length in these examples: 32 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Vocalism
- In this selection, "vocalism" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 32 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, root stand out and add context to how "vocalism" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and ē vocalism while the and have root vocalism that matches. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "vocalism" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with vocalism
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The imperative classes tend to share the same suffix as the corresponding preterite (if any), but to have root vocalism that matches the vocalism of a verb's subjunctive. (29 words)
This suggests that, for these verbs in particular, the active originates in the PIE sigmatic aorist (with s suffix and ē vocalism) while the mediopassive stems from the PIE perfect (with o vocalism). (33 words)
In 1938, George S. Lane remarked of Tocharian that "the vocalism so far has defied almost every attempt that has been made to bring it to order", Lane, George S. "Problems of Tocharian Phonology". (34 words)
In 1938, George S. Lane remarked of Tocharian that "the vocalism so far has defied almost every attempt that has been made to bring it to order", Lane, George S. "Problems of Tocharian Phonology". (34 words)
This suggests that, for these verbs in particular, the active originates in the PIE sigmatic aorist (with s suffix and ē vocalism) while the mediopassive stems from the PIE perfect (with o vocalism). (33 words)
The imperative classes tend to share the same suffix as the corresponding preterite (if any), but to have root vocalism that matches the vocalism of a verb's subjunctive. (29 words)
Example sentences (3)
The imperative classes tend to share the same suffix as the corresponding preterite (if any), but to have root vocalism that matches the vocalism of a verb's subjunctive.
This suggests that, for these verbs in particular, the active originates in the PIE sigmatic aorist (with s suffix and ē vocalism) while the mediopassive stems from the PIE perfect (with o vocalism).
In 1938, George S. Lane remarked of Tocharian that "the vocalism so far has defied almost every attempt that has been made to bring it to order", Lane, George S. "Problems of Tocharian Phonology".
Common combinations with vocalism
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: