phonocentricadj.
/ˌfəʊnə(ʊ)ˈsɛntrɪk/, U.S. /ˌfoʊnoʊˈsɛntrɪk/ 1. Centred on or designed to focus on sound.Apparently an isolated use.
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1927 K. Stephens His Secretary 141 His phonocentric receiver suddenly checked the music's measure.
2. Linguistics. Centred on speech; characterized by phonocentrism.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > [adjective] > valuing speech above writing
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phonocentrist1982
1972 tr. J. Derrida in Diacritics 2 40 I have never said, moreover, that the ‘Saussurian method’..was, either in its principle or in its entirety, ‘logocentric’ or ‘phonocentric’ [Fr. phonocentriste].
1984 Representations No. 5. 66 The Socratic logos is embedded and phonocentric.
1996 P. Fielding Writing & Orality 11 Rhetoric was a history of the voice, taught through speech and authenticated by phonocentric values.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1927- speak with the least
- speak within door
- speak within limits
- speak worlds
- speak, think, etc ill
- speak-a-word room
- speak-back
- speak-box
- speak-house
- speak-out
- speak-room
- speak-truth
- speak-your-weight machine
- speakable
- speakabler
- speakablest
- speakably
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- speaker
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- speaker cabinet