The subject is then asked to point to the picture that best represents the sound they just heard.

It was not until the 18th century that efforts were made to represent the sound in writing.

Because the truth is, we do not write to represent the sound of our voices speaking words at all.

It is or was used in some languages to represent various sounds.

The "ma" part is only there to represent the sound.

I wanted a single that represented the sound and the movie feel of my album.

Upper and lower case forms represent the same sound, but serve different functions in writing.

They are written using Chinese characters to represent the sound and grammar of the native language.

The letter represents the initial sound of "ago" or "about".

Perhaps the bird is also representing the sound that the person might make - or might have made at one time.