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- phonicsThe study of how the sounds of words are represented by spelling.
- phonaesthesiaAny correspondence between the sound of a word and its meaning; examples include onomatopoeia and the use of phonesthemes.
- phonaestheticExhibiting phonaesthesia (correspondence between sound and meaning of a word).
- phonaestheticsThe study of phonaesthesia.
- phonesthesiaAlternative spelling of phonaesthesia: Any correspondence between the sound of a word and its meaning; examples include onomatopoeia and the use of phonesthemes.
- colophonIn manuscripts (typically before the invention of printing), the note, usually at the end, left by the scribe who copied it, giving information on his exemplar, where and when the copy was made, and sometimes, his own name.
- phonemeAn indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.
- XenophonAthenian historian and philosopher born 427 B.C.E. and author of the Anabasis and Memorabilia. He was a pupil of Socrates and became a general during the Persian wars.
- antiphonA devotional chant; a piece of music sung responsively.
- gryphonAlternative form of griffin: A mythical creature with the body of a lion and head and wings of an eagle.