Homovocalism¶
homovocalism · word · validated
The mirror of homoconsonantism: the vowels of the source are preserved in order and the consonants are replaced.
Provenance¶
- Source: Oulipo, Atlas de littérature potentielle (1981)
- Attribution:
reference— attested in a standard reference rather than traced to an origin - Checkability:
source— decidable against the source text it was made from - Attested:
codified— formulated as a rule by a tradition rather than declared by an author
Details¶
- Kind: both
- Languages: en, de, fr
- Requires:
tokens,fold_diacritics,alphabet - Deterministic: no
- In other languages: Homovokalismus (de), Homovocalisme (fr)
Prompt hint¶
Keep the vowels of the source in order and choose new consonants around them.
Parameters¶
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
fold_diacritics |
boolean | True |
Treat accented letters as their base letter, and ß as ss. |
source |
string | — |
The text this one was made from. |
Examples¶
same-vowels-new-words¶
en — this text satisfies the procedure.
we ran fast
Parameters: source='the cat sat'
Source: constructed example; the vowel sequence e-a-a held by different words
a-changed-vowel¶
en — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
the cot sat
Parameters: source='the cat sat'
Source: constructed counterexample
gleiche-vokale-neue-woerter¶
de — this text satisfies the procedure.
wen ihn ist mir
Parameters: source='mein Bild ist'
Source: constructed example; the vowel sequence e-i-i-i held by different words
ein-geaenderter-vokal¶
de — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
won ihn ist mir
Parameters: source='mein Bild ist'
Source: constructed counterexample
memes-voyelles-mots-nouveaux¶
fr — this text satisfies the procedure.
sot marin
Parameters: source='mon ami'
Source: constructed example; the vowel sequence o-a-i held by different words
une-voyelle-changee¶
fr — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
sot mérite
Parameters: source='mon ami'
Source: constructed counterexample