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Definition of Polyphons
1. polyphon [n] - See also: polyphon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyphons
Literary usage of Polyphons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mythical Monsters by Charles Gould (1886)
"... hieroglyphic and arbitrary, with the same sounds (sometimes polyphons) and
meanings attached to them, the same morphology of written words, ..."
2. First Steps in Assyrian: A Book for Beginners; Being a Series of Historical by Leonard William King (1898)
"... that many signs are polyphons, in other words they have more than one syllabic
value and are used as ideograms for more than one word. ..."
3. The Oldest Book of the Chinese, the Yh-king, and Its Authors by Terrien de Lacouperie (1892)
"... with the same sounds (sometimes polyphons) and meanings attached to them, the
same morphology of written words, the same phonetic laws of orthography, ..."
4. The Oldest Book of the Chinese, the Yh-king, and Its Authors by Terrien de Lacouperie (1892)
"... with the same sounds (sometimes polyphons) and meanings attached to them, the
same morphology of written words, the same phonetic laws of orthography, ..."
5. Die Musik by Reichsjugendführung (Germany) (1903)
"... Artikel bespricht die Fabrikation des polyphons in ihren verschiedenen Stadien.
Danach vermag Deutschland heutzutage nicht bloss die Nachfrage nach ..."
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