phonography
- noun
- /fəˈnɒɡrəfi/
- Archaic
:
taquigrafía
- The secretary learned phonography to take dictation more efficiently during meetings.
Examples
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The earliest known document on the use of phonography in an Islamic context dates from 1899.
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A few years later, an Egyptian jurisprudent by the name of Muhammad Bakhit al-Muti'i (1856-1935) wrote a pamphlet on the subjects of phonography and insurance, two subjects that are only related by the fact of their modernity.
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This aspect of orality makes early discussions by Muslim jurisprudents on Quranic phonography even more relevant. (8)
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But at the beginning of the twentieth century, phonography had taken his fancy, not just to write about Muslim reactions to this new phenomenon, but also to embrace, play, and work with it for its own sake at his home in Weltevreden, Batavia.
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The former probably offered the booklet that he published in 1899-1900 on phonography to Snouck Hurgronje; the latter sent him a handwritten copy of his fatwa on the same subject in the course of 1908.
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Using phonography, she was able to quickly capture every word spoken by the lecturer.
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Many students found that mastering phonography helped them improve their note-taking skills significantly.
Synonyms
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A way of writing speech quickly using short signs
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Surface Forms
Morphology
phonography = phon + graphy
The form literally suggests 'sound writing', but this shorthand sense is a specialized application that is only partly predictable from the parts.
Etymology
Phonography comes from the roots phon- meaning 'sound' and -graphy meaning 'writing'. So it is like 'writing sound' — a quick way to write down what someone says, which is why it became the name for shorthand used to record speech.