• In linguistics, apophony (also known as ablaut, (vowel) gradation, (vowel) mutation, alternation, internal modification, stem modification, stem alternation...
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    English record /ˈrɛkərd/ (noun) ↔ /rɨˈkɔrd/ "to make a record" Consonantal apophony, such as the initial-consonant mutations in Celtic languages, also exists...
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  • (/ˈæblaʊt/ AB-lowt, from German Ablaut pronounced [ˈaplaʊt]) is a system of apophony (regular vowel variations) in the Proto-Indo-European language (PIE). An...
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    The Northern Bavarian verbs are also subject to both vowel change and apophony. The non-finite forms have one three endings: [∅], [n] and [ɐ]. The first...
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    languages characteristically make frequent use of apophony in the form of ablaut. Berber apophony has been historically analyzed as functioning similarly...
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    changing their stem vowel (e.g., binden became bound, a process called apophony), as in Modern English. With the discontinuation of the Late West Saxon...
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  • a stem remains unmodified during inflection with few exceptions due to apophony (for example in Polish, miast-o ("city") and w mieść-e ("in the city");...
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  • Finnish and Estonian since they involve consonant gradation but also vowel apophony. Inflections in fusional languages tend to fall in two patterns, based...
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  • ˈðənɛs vəik] 'The woman bought a bike.' Phonological rule Sound change Apophony Sandhi Allophone The vowel of the inflectional suffix -⟨es⟩ may belong...
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  • feminine) to the singular form. The internal plural employs vowel quality or apophony to pluralize words, similar to English man vs. men and goose vs. geese...
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  • undergo a stress shift when the plural is formed. Nouns which undergo apophony. Nouns which take a suffix and undergo a stress shift in the plural form...
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    behave in different ways. As part of these templates, the alternation (apophony) between high vowels (e.g. i, u) and a low vowel (a) in verbal forms is...
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  • changes known as apophony (or "ablaut") in the "root-and-pattern" system found in various Afroasiatic languages. In addition to apophony, some modern AA...
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  • in a manner more like regular verbs, producing no indivisible clusters. Apophony Arabic grammar Broken plural Indo-European ablaut Khuzdul K-T-B Modern...
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  • mutation in which consonant sounds alternate between various "grades" Apophony or vowel gradation, sound change within a word that indicates grammatical...
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  • Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony Affrication Gemination Clipping Fronting Raising Betacism Iotacism Fusion...
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  • Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony Affrication Gemination Clipping Fronting Raising Betacism Iotacism Fusion...
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  • Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony Affrication Gemination Clipping Fronting Raising Betacism Iotacism Fusion...
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  • Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony Affrication Gemination Clipping Fronting Raising Betacism Iotacism Fusion...
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    with affixation (such as prefix, suffix, infix, circumfix, and transfix), apophony (as Indo-European ablaut), or other modifications. For example, the Latin...
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    understanding of morphology and of ablaut in the wake of Kuryłowicz's 1956 Apophony in Indo-European, who in 1927 pointed out the existence of the Hittite...
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  • Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony Affrication Gemination Clipping Fronting Raising Betacism Iotacism Fusion...
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  • Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony Affrication Gemination Clipping Fronting Raising Betacism Iotacism Fusion...
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    *Dǫsno, *Gǫslicě, *Dǫbrovy, *Ǫglinъ, whereas in the case of PS *ę Lechitic apophony happened and before the hard dental consonants it gave 'ą̊, e.g. Boranta...
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  • have the form -(C)CV (e.g. *-mi). The Indo-European ablaut is a system of apophony (i.e. variations in the vowels of related words, or different inflections...
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  • Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony Affrication Gemination Clipping Fronting Raising Betacism Iotacism Fusion...
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  • many speech types on Italian soil to [dʒ] in some varieties of Spanish. Apophony Begadkefat Chain shift Consonant mutation Germanic spirant law Grimm's...
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  • Synalepha Elision Crasis Synaeresis and diaeresis Synizesis Other types Apophony Affrication Gemination Clipping Fronting Raising Betacism Iotacism Fusion...
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