vocalization

noun — 8 senses

vocalization

noun

AU, IE, NZ, UK /vəʊk(ə)lʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ · US /voʊk(ə)l(a)ɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/

Etymology From vocalize + -ation.

8 senses
  1. 1The act of vocalizing or something vocalized; a vocal utterance
  2. 2Any specific mode of utterance; pronunciation
  3. 3The use of speech to express an idea
  4. 4The production of communication sounds with the syrinx…
  5. 5The production of musical sounds using the voice…
  6. 6The vowel diacritics in certain scripts, like Hebrew and…
  7. 7The addition of these diacritics and the respective…
  8. 8The change in pronunciation of historically or variably…
1

The act of vocalizing or something vocalized; a vocal utterance

2

Any specific mode of utterance; pronunciation

3

The use of speech to express an idea

4

Biology, Natural sciences The production of communication sounds with the syrinx or larynx (in tetrapods) or with the swim bladder (in fish)

5

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music The production of musical sounds using the voice, especially as an exercise

6

Communications, Journalism, Literature, Media, Orthography, Publishing, Writing The vowel diacritics in certain scripts, like Hebrew and Arabic, which are not normally written, but which are used in dictionaries, children's books, religious texts and textbooks for learners.

7

Communications, Human sciences, Journalism, Linguistics, Literature, Media, Orthography, Phonology, Publishing, Sciences, Writing The addition of these diacritics and the respective phonemes to a word; the spoken form the word thereby receives.

8

Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonology, Sciences The change in pronunciation of historically or variably consonant (typically sonorant) sounds as vowels. For example, the syllabic /l/ in words like people or the coda one in words like cold or coal are variably realized as a high back vowel or glide—[ʊ], [u], [ɤ] or [o]—in many dialects of English in the US, UK, and the Southern Hemisphere. For example, in African American Vernacular English, one common pronunciation of the words "people", "cold", and "coal" is [pʰipʊ], [kʰoɤd], or [kʰoɤ] respectively.

Synonyms
vowelization, tashkil, nikud
Derived terms
l-vocalization
Related terms
vocalize

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