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A subsidiary but by no means unimportant grammatical process is that of internal vocalic or consonantal change.
From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir
There are also special quantitative processes, like vocalic lengthening or shortening and consonantal doubling, but these may be looked upon as particular sub-types of the process of internal modification.
From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir
All the Germanic languages were familiar with vocalic change as possessed of functional significance.
From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir
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
In certain cases the north prefers the vocalic mutation where the west and south have the nasal, thus notably in the dative singular after preposition and article, e.g.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
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