vocalization

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Synonyms: focalization, localization, vocalisation, socialization, vitalization, focalisation, moralization, venalization, totalization, loyalization, ovalization

Antonyms: focalization, localization, vocalisation, socialization, vitalization, focalisation, moralization, venalization, totalization, loyalization, ovalization

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. The act of [[vocalizing]] or something [[vocalized]]; a [[vocal]] [[utterance]]
2. Any specific [[mode]] of utterance; [[pronunciation]]
3. The use of [[speech]] to express an [[idea]]
4. {{lb|en|biology}} The production of communication [[sound]]s with the [[syrinx]] or [[larynx]] (in [[tetrapod]]s) or with the [[swim bladder]] (in fish)
5. {{lb|en|music}} The production of [[musical]] [[sound]]s using the [[voice]], especially as an [[exercise]]
6. {{lb|en|orthography}} The vowel diacritics in certain scripts, like Hebrew and Arabic, which are not normally written, but which are used in dictionaries, children's books, religious texts and textbooks for learners.
7. {{lb|en|orthography|phonology}} The addition of these diacritics and the respective phonemes to a word; the spoken form the word thereby receives.
8. {{senseid|en|phonology}}{{lb|en|phonology}} {{w|L-vocalization|The change in pronunciation}} of historically or variably consonant (typically sonorant) sounds as vowels. For example, the syllabic /l/ in words like ''people'' or the coda one in words like ''cold'' or ''coal'' are variably realized as a high back vowel or glide—[ʊ], [u], [ɤ] or [o]—in many dialects of English in the US, UK, and the Southern Hemisphere. For example, in {{w|African American Vernacular English}}, one common pronunciation of the words "people", "cold", and "coal" is [pʰipʊ], [kʰoɤd], or [kʰoɤ] respectively.

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