Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Wordsmith Wednesday

Root:

phon (Greek) - sound

Derivatives:

polyphony - many sounds 
symphony - combined sounds
phonics - the science of sound
cacophony - a harsh sound
telephone - a device used to transmit sound across distances
phonograph - a device for reproducing sounds which have been written onto a disk
microphone - a device used to amplify small sounds
phonate - to utter a voiced sound
phoneme - a representation of a single sound within a langage
phonology - the study of speech sounds
phonoscope - an instrument used to measure sound



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