Associations to the word «Phonic»

Wiktionary

PHONIC, adjective. Of or pertaining to sound; of the nature of sound; acoustic.

Dictionary definition

PHONIC, adjective. Pertaining to the phonic method of teaching reading.
PHONIC, adjective. Relating to speech.
PHONIC, adjective. Of or relating to speech sounds; "phonetic transcription".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky