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Vocalism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Speaking or singing.

    "The exciting vocalism of Leontyne Price"

  2. 2
    the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract wordnet
  3. 3
    The vowel sounds used in a language.
  4. 4
    the system of vowels used in a particular language wordnet
  5. 5
    The vowels, sequence of vowels, or the quality peculiar to the vowels of a given word or group of words.

    "All forms contain a base *θirr- or *θurr-. Types 1 and 2 [which contain *θirr] may have been influenced by θirri̯are 'to screech', suggesting that the forms with *θurr- preserve the original vocalism."

Etymology

From vocal + -ism.

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