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In [[Speech communication|speech]], a '''vocable''' is an utterance, term, or [[word]] that is capable of being spoken and [[Recall (memory)|recognized]]. A '''non-lexical vocable''' is used without [[Semantics (linguistics)|semantic]] role or [[Meaning (linguistics)|meaning]], while structure of vocables is often considered apart from any meaning. A vocable consists of one or a sequence of [[phoneme]]s and may be represented by a string of [[Letter (alphabet)|letters]] or other symbols.
Non-lexical vocables are often [[Non-lexical vocables in music|used in music]] as artistic content. As common [[Speech disfluency|speech disfluencies]] in many languages, they have little formal meaning and are rarely purposeful.
They are also used in experiments in [[cognitive psychology]]; examples from this context are the [[nonsense syllable]]s introduced by [[Hermann Ebbinghaus]], or the use of non-words{{clarify|date=December 2011|reason=Is this meaning pseudowords?}} that mimic the structure of real words in experiments in [[psycholinguistics]].
An example of a vocable is "la la la".
==See also==
* [[Non-lexical vocables in music]]
* [[Speech disfluency]]
* [[Onomatopoeia]]
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In [[Speech communication|speech]], a '''vocable''' is an utterance, term, or [[word]] that is capable of being spoken and [[Recall (memory)|recognized]]. A '''non-lexical vocable''' is used without [[Semantics (linguistics)|semantic]] role or [[Meaning (linguistics)|meaning]], while structure of vocables is often considered apart from any meaning. A vocable consists of one or a sequence of [[phoneme]]s and may be represented by a string of [[Letter (alphabet)|letters]] or other symbols.
Non-lexical vocables are often [[Non-lexical vocables in music|used in music]] as artistic content. As common [[Speech disfluency|speech disfluencies]] in many languages, they have little formal meaning and are rarely purposeful.
They are also used in experiments in [[cognitive psychology]]; examples from this context are the [[nonsense syllable]]s introduced by [[Hermann Ebbinghaus]], or the use of non-words{{clarify|date=December 2011|reason=Is this meaning pseudowords?}} that mimic the structure of real words in experiments in [[psycholinguistics]].
An example of a vocable is "la la la".
==See also==
* [[Non-lexical vocables in music]]
* [[Speech disfluency]]
* [[Onomatopoeia]]
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