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vocalization<br />

voic<strong>in</strong>g<br />

vowel<br />

GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS 189<br />

process by which a consonant is changed to a<br />

vowel.<br />

process whereby a voiceless consonant is<br />

voiced.<br />

sound produced with no obstruction.<br />

Whorfian Hypothesis theory which posits that a language predisposes<br />

its speakers to attend to certa<strong>in</strong> aspects of reality<br />

as necessary.<br />

Z<br />

Zipf’s Law theory which claims that language forms are<br />

condensed, abbreviated, reduced, or elim<strong>in</strong>ated<br />

to m<strong>in</strong>imize the effort expended <strong>in</strong> produc<strong>in</strong>g<br />

and us<strong>in</strong>g them.

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