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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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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Northern Bavarian (section Apophony)
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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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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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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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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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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