phonography
- noun
- /fəˈnɒɡrəfi/
- Specialized
:
fonografía
- The development of phonography allowed languages to be written more accurately.
Examples
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Many modern alphabets are based on the principles of phonography.
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Scholars studied ancient scripts to determine if they used phonography or another system.
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The teacher introduced phonography to her students.
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Many languages use phonography to represent sounds.
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The development of phonography allowed languages to be written more accurately.
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Many modern alphabets are based on the principles of phonography.
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Many languages use phonography to represent sounds.
Synonyms
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A way to show a language's words using letters or characters
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A system for writing or spelling a language
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A set of symbols that each show one speech sound and how words are said
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A set of written symbols where each symbol shows a syllable like ka or mi
A set of letters that show speech sounds like the International Phonetic Alphabet
A set of written signs that shows how to make speech sounds with the mouth
A written form that shows how a word or phrase sounds
A system that uses letters to show the separate sounds of a language
A writing system that uses letters to show spoken sounds
A writing system where each symbol stands for a syllable like "ka" or "mo"
A Japanese way of writing sounds using hiragana and katakana symbols
How Phonetic
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Surface Forms
Morphology
phonography = phon + graphy
This sense closely matches the literal 'sound writing' meaning, so the components directly support the definition.
Etymology
Phonography comes from phon- 'sound' and -graphy 'writing', so it literally means 'writing sounds'. That's why it describes a system where symbols stand for the sounds of speech.