A Homovocalic Survey

Authors

Susan Thorpe

Abstract

A homovocalic (HV) is a word with one or more vowels, in which all the vowels are the same. ANAGRAM is a homovocalic. Originally christened 'vocalic invariants' by Dmitri Borgmann in Language on Vacation (LonV), they have been called monovocalics, sometimes univocalics, in Word Ways.

Recommended Citation

Thorpe, Susan (2005) "A Homovocalic Survey," Word Ways: Vol. 38 : Iss. 2 , Article 16.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol38/iss2/16