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Phonetics   /fənˈɛtɪks/   Listen
noun
Phonetics  n.  
1.
The doctrine or science of sounds; especially those of the human voice; phonology.
2.
The art of representing vocal sounds by signs and written characters.





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"Phonetics" Quotes from Famous Books



... allegiance to the solar monarch. Even Achilleus (Aharyu) again confronts us, with his captive Briseis (Brisaya's offspring); and the fierce Kerberos (Carvara) barks on Vedic ground in strict conformity to the laws of phonetics. [11] Now, when the Hindu talked about Father Dyaus, or the sleek kine of Siva, he thought of the personified sky and clouds; he had not outgrown the primitive mental habits of the race. But the Greek, in ...
— Myths and Myth-Makers - Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology • John Fiske
... the right, the one with a bayonet like a needle, the other with a bayonet like a table-knife, and each of them takes an immense personal interest in you and is most anxious to assist you in perfecting your idiom. They are students of phonetics, too, in their way, and study your gutturals with almost pedantic affection for traces of Teutonisms. If the sentry thinks you are not getting on with your education he takes you aside like Joab, and smites you under the fifth rib—at least I suppose he does. If he is ...
— Leaves from a Field Note-Book • J. H. Morgan
... book uses several diacritical marks for phonetics, the table below lists the codings used: (the "x" represents a ...
— Division of Words • Frederick W. Hamilton


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