Definition of Phonetician

1. Noun. A specialist in phonetics.

Generic synonyms: Linguist, Linguistic Scientist
Specialized synonyms: Transcriber
Specialized synonyms: Alexander Melville Bell, Bell, Melville Bell, Daniel Jones, Jones, Henry Sweet, Sweet
Derivative terms: Phonetics

Definition of Phonetician

1. n. One versed in phonetics; a phonetist.

Definition of Phonetician

1. Noun. (linguistics) A person who specializes in the study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols. ¹

2. Noun. (linguistics) A dialectologist; a person who studies regional differences in speech sounds. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Phonetician

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phonetician

phoner
phoners
phones
phonestheme
phonesthemes
phonesthesia
phonesthetic
phonetic
phonetic alphabet
phonetic symbol
phonetic symbolism
phonetic transcription
phonetical
phonetically
phonetician (current term)
phoneticians
phoneticism
phoneticist
phoneticists
phoneticize
phonetics
phonetism
phonetist
phonetists
phonetization
phonetizations
phonetize
phonetized
phonetizes

Literary usage of Phonetician

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Sounds of English: An Introduction to Phonetics by Henry Sweet (1908)
"At present there is a natural—and indeed, unavoidable—antagonism between the practical linguistic phonetician and the physico-mathematical instrumental ..."

2. The Modern Language Quarterly by Walter Wilson Greg (1903)
"There is the physiological phonetician, who tells us in so many words that 'a sound is ... There is the physical phonetician, to whom a sound is a plexus of ..."

3. The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions by Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1921)
"A person who is not a trained phonetician does not hear the sound actually spoken but hears instead the sound out of his own language which most nearly ..."

4. Australian Journal of Dentistry by Australian Dental Association (1905)
"On the other hand, there are many questions that the phonetician asks of the ... Such faith has the phonetician in the agility and adaptibility of the ..."

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