phonè, n.Definitions

Phonè (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the Greek word for voice, which Derrida uses for living speech as Western philosophy privileges it.

The Phonè (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠much like a timbre, tone, intonation, or inflection, a confused, continuous, and inarticulate voice that does not let itself be articulated or cut up in phonemes, the building blocks for the signifying units of the words.