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• Vowel harmony — is a type of long distance (see below) assimilatory phonological process involving vowels in some languages. In languages with vowel harmony, there are constraints on what vowels may be found near each other. Explanation Harmony processes are… …   Wikipedia

• Vowel — In phonetics, a vowel is a sound in spoken language, such as English ah! IPA| [ɑː] or oh! IPA| [oʊ] , pronounced with an open vocal tract so that there is no build up of air pressure at any point above the glottis. This contrasts with consonants …   Wikipedia

• vowel — vowelless, adj. vowellike, adj. vowely, vowelly, adv. /vow euhl/, n. 1. Phonet. a. (in English articulation) a speech sound produced without occluding, diverting, or obstructing the flow of air from the lungs (opposed to consonant). b. (in a… …   Universalium

• root and pattern system — ▪ linguistics       in linguistics, one of several methods for creating the stems, or most elementary forms, of words. The root and pattern system is found in the Afro Asiatic language (Afro Asiatic languages) phylum, and particularly in the… …   Universalium

• retracted tongue root — 1. noun An articulation involving retraction of the tongue root. 2. adjective Pronounced with a retracted tongue root. The high back retracted tongue root vowel is always further back than its counterpart, rather than further forward, as is the… …   Wiktionary

• Advanced and retracted tongue root — In phonetics, advanced tongue root and retracted tongue root, abbreviated ±ATR, are contrasting states of the root of the tongue during the pronunciation of vowels in some languages, especially in West Africa. It has in the past been suggested… …   Wikipedia

• thematic vowel — noun a vowel that ends a stem and precedes an inflection • Syn: ↑stem vowel • Hypernyms: ↑vowel, ↑vowel sound * * * noun : a vowel ending the stem of a noun or verb but not belonging to the root; especially …   Useful english dictionary

• Close central unrounded vowel — ɨ Image …   Wikipedia

• Proto-Indo-European root — The roots of the reconstructed Proto Indo European language (PIE) are basic morphemes carrying a lexical meaning. By addition of suffixes, they form stems, and by addition of desinences, these form grammatically inflected words (nouns or… …   Wikipedia

• Laryngeal theory — The laryngeal theory is a generally accepted theory of historical linguistics which proposes the existence of a set of three (or more) consonant sounds that appear in most current reconstructions of the Proto Indo European language (PIE). These… …   Wikipedia

• Ancient Greek grammar — is morphologically complex and preserves several features of Proto Indo European morphology. Nouns, adjectives, pronouns, articles, numerals and especially verbs are all highly inflected. This article is an introduction to this morphological… …   Wikipedia