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phonetist|ˈfəʊnɪtɪst|
[f. as prec. + -ist.]
1. A person versed in phonetics; one who studies the sounds of speech.
1864in Webster. 1875Whitney Life Lang. iv. 73 The phonetist is never able to put himself in an ‘à priori’ position. 1896Voice (N.Y.) 20 Aug., The phonetists of to-day make a careful distinction.
2. An advocate or user of phonetic spelling; a phoneticist.
1875N. Amer. Rev. CXX. 475 We do not remember ever to have seen the case of the phonetists so happily and strongly put. 1878J. A. H. Murray in Encycl. Brit. VIII. 396/1 The author of the Ormulum was a phonetist, and employed a special spelling of his own to represent not only the quality but the quantities of vowels and consonants. |