Unexpectedly scans one with a sound resemblance? (9)
I believe the answer is:
assonance
'sound resemblance?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'unexpectedly scans one with a' is the wordplay.
'unexpectedly' is an anagram indicator.
'with' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'scans'+'one'='scansone'
'scansone' with letters rearranged gives 'assonnce'.
'assonnce' placed around 'a' is 'ASSONANCE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for assonance that I've seen before include "sound agreement" , "as spring sprung demonstrates?" , "Resemblance of sound between syllables of nearby words" , "In poetry, resemblance in the sounds of words" , "Audible agreement" .)