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Preferred term

Acrophony  

Definition

  • The use of what was originally a logogram as a phonetic symbol for the initial sound of the word the logogram represented; the use of a word as the name of the alphabetical symbol representing the initial sound of that word [Random House]

Entry terms

  • ACROLOGY
  • ACROPHONIC IMAGES
  • IMAGERY, ACROPHONIC
  • IMAGES, ACROPHONIC

Notation

  • 113560

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-S7W1H99C-F

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