Associations to the word «Vocalization»

VOCALIZATION, noun. The act of vocalizing or something vocalized; a vocal utterance

VOCALIZATION, noun. Any specific mode of utterance; pronunciation

VOCALIZATION, noun. The use of speech to express an idea

VOCALIZATION, noun. (music) The production of musical sounds using the voice, especially as an exercise

VOCALIZATION, noun. (orthography) The vowel diacritics in Hebrew and Arabic, which are not normally written, but which are used in dictionaries, children's books, religious texts and textbooks for learners.

VOCALIZATION, noun. (linguistics) 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 African American Vernacular English, one common pronunciation of the words "people", "cold", and "coal" is [pʰipʊ], [kʰoɤd], or [kʰoɤ] respectively.

VOCALIZATION, noun. The sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract; "a singer takes good care of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations".

VOCALIZATION, noun. The use of uttered sounds for auditory communication.