What is another word for vocables?

Pronunciation: [vˈə͡ʊkəbə͡lz] (IPA)

Vocables are words or parts of words that have no specific meaning but are used to represent sounds or other aspects of language. Some synonyms for the word vocables include phonemes, syllables, sound symbols, lexical items, and graphemes. Phonemes are the smallest units of sound in a language, while syllables are combinations of sound that make up words. Sound symbols are graphical representations of speech sounds, while lexical items are words and phrases that carry meaning within a language. Graphemes are written symbols that represent sounds or combinations of sounds in a language. All of these terms refer to the building blocks of language, and demonstrate the diversity of ways in which we understand and represent language in our minds and in our cultures.

What are the hypernyms for Vocables?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for vocables?

The term "vocables" refers to words or syllables that do not have a specific meaning but are used in certain contexts, such as in music or poetry. Some antonyms for "vocables" include concrete, specific, and meaningful. While vocables represent abstract and ambiguous language, concrete language refers to words that convey a clear and tangible meaning. Specific language is precise and particular, unlike vocables that have no specific meaning. Finally, meaningful language conveys a message or idea that can be understood, whereas vocables lack a defined meaning. Overall, vocables and their antonyms represent different types of language that are used in various contexts.

What are the antonyms for Vocables?

Usage examples for Vocables

Each of them takes its name from one of the States of the Union-names which, as Stevenson long ago pointed out, form an unrivalled array of "sweet and sonorous vocables."
"America To-day, Observations and Reflections"
William Archer
Your sweet letter of several dates reached us just before we left Edinburgh-excuse the insipid adjective "sweet," which after all does express something which less simple vocables may easily miss-and gave an impression of harmony and inner health which it warms the heart to become sensible of.
"The Letters of William James, Vol. II"
William James
But I was involuntarily conscious of having my mind full of images, while the words of the prayer were empty vocables.
"Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School"
Elizabeth P. Peabody

Famous quotes with Vocables

  • No one can escape the power of language, let alone those of English birth brought up from childhood, as Mrs. Hilbery had been, to disport themselves now in the Saxon plainness, now in the Latin splendor of the tongue, and stored with memories, as she was, of old poets exuberating in an infinity of vocables. Even Katharine was slightly affected against her better judgment by her mother's enthusiasm. Not that her judgment could altogether acquiesce in the necessity for a study of Shakespeare's sonnets as a preliminary to the fifth chapter of her grandfather's biography. Beginning with a perfectly frivolous jest, Mrs. Hilbery had evolved a theory that Anne Hathaway had a way, among other things, of writing Shakespeare's sonnets; the idea, struck out to enliven a party of professors, who forwarded a number of privately printed manuals within the next few days for her instruction, had submerged her in a flood of Elizabethan literature; she had come half to believe in her joke, which was, she said, at least as good as other people's facts, and all her fancy for the time being centered upon Stratford-on-Avon.
    Virginia Woolf

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