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VOCALISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
Example:
the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations
Synonyms:
phonation; vocalisation; vocalism; vocalization; voice; vox
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("vocalism" is a kind of...):
communication (something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vocalism"):
singing voice (the musical quality of the voice while singing)
sprechgesang; sprechstimme (a style of dramatic vocalization between singing and speaking)
voice over (the voice on an unseen commentator in a film of television program)
Derivation:
vocalist (a person who sings)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The system of vowels used in a particular language
Synonyms:
vocalism; vowel system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("vocalism" is a kind of...):
phonemic system (the system of phonemes recognized in a language)
