phonocentricityn.
/ˌfəʊnəʊsɛnˈtrɪsᵻti/, U.S. /ˈˌfoʊnoʊˌsɛnˈtrɪsədi/ Linguistics.
= phonocentrism n.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > [noun] > valuing speech above writing
phonocentricity1972
phonocentrism1972
1972 tr. J. Derrida in Diacritics 2 39 I have always associated it [sc. linearity] specifically with logocentricity, phonocentricity [Fr. phonocentrisme], semanticism and idealism.
1982 A. Jefferson in A. Jefferson & D. Robey Mod. Literary Theory iv. 105 Even Saussure was unable to avoid moments of phonocentricity.
1995 Philol. Q. 74 Pope deprivileges the phonocentricity that philosophers since Plato have traditionally favored.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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