元音变换

此条目介绍的是各种语言中的普遍现象。关于特指印欧语中的元音变换，请见“印欧语元音变换”。

元音变化（英语 ablaut, vowel gradation, vowel mutation）是一种相当普遍的语言现象，常被用来进行屈折变化或用于衍生新词。英语中元音变换的例子如某些动词的词形变化：drive/drove/driven等。

英语中 Apophony 指的是所有具有语法作用的语音交替，而不仅仅是元音变化，还有辅音变化、音韵变化（Prosodic apophony，参见Suprafix）、鼻音变化等等。

参见

• 语音交替
• 辅音变化
• 构词学
• 日耳曼语元音变音
• 日耳曼语强变化动词
• 印欧语元音变换

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