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log·o·graph

(lô′gə-grăf′, lŏg′ə-)
n.
log′o·graph′ic adj.
log′o·graph′i·cal·ly adv.
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logogram, logograph, grammalogue - A logogram or logograph is the same as a grammalogue, a word represented by a single sign, like $.
See also related terms for representation.
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Noun 1. logograph - a single written symbol that represents an entire word or phrase without indicating its pronunciation; "7 is a logogram that is pronounced `seven' in English and `nanatsu' in Japanese"
ideogram, ideograph - a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it; "Chinese characters are ideograms"
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As a result, his treatment is almost exhaustive: I missed only [.SUP.GIS]PA-(u)want- provided with/having staffs (IBoT 1.36 iii 41, 49), surely a genuine possessive in -want- to the word for staff, stick thus far written only logographically (but note dat.-loc.
Hethitisch [degrees]uant- und Verwan(d)tes: Untersuchungen zur Vertretung des indogermanischen Possessiv-suffixes -vient- in den anatolischen Sprachen
Another study with a sample of elementary school children (using a version of WRCT specific for this age group) identified different factors that separate the items that can be read logographically or via the phonological route from those requiring the lexical route [15], which did not occur in the present study.
Adult reading assessment tools: a psychometric study/Instrumentos de avaliacao de leitura em adultos: um estudo psicometrico
Despite growth in all word-recognition strategies, a pattern was observed in all grades: the WNw-RCT subtests analysis revealed that items that can be read logographically are the easiest in all school grades, while the ones that need orthographic reading are the most difficult in all grades.
Development and interactions among academic performance, word recognition, listening, and reading comprehension/Desenvolvimento e interacao entre desempenho escolar, reconhecimento de palavras e compreensao auditiva e de leitura
Often, children write their name logographically, meaning they have memorized the shape of their name and they essentially "draw" their name rather than recognizing each individual letter or sound as they write, which reflects a lack of understanding of the alphabetic principle (Bear et al., 2008).
Beyond the pencil: expanding the occupational therapists' role in helping young children to develop writing skills
The Akkadian nouns in the line, mu (Sumerian a) and teliltu, written logographically as SIKIL.E.DE, translate rather obviously the gate's Sumerian name (a-sikil-la), even though teliltu's logogram, SIKIL.E.DE, is not an exact grammatical equivalent of sikil (also a logogram for ellu).
Scribal hermeneutics and the twelve gates of Ludlul bel nemeqi
Aside from this, the only difference is that in Sennacherib A:12 .yubatum is written in Akkadian, whereas in Abnu 21.A.21 the word is rendered logographically, t u g,-b a.
Borrowings to create anew: intertextuality in the babylonian poem of "creation" (enuma elis)
(15) In Iron Age Hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions (eighth century B.C.) it is used syllabically with the value sa4 and logographically determining the verb sanai- 'overturn'.
A stele of prince Anaziti in the Yozgat Museum
Civil has introduced the analogy of the adaptation of Chinese writing to encode Japanese texts in order to further the understanding of the adaptation of Sumerian writing to encode Akkadian (or, implicitly, Eblaite), "Bilingualism in Logographically Written Languages: Sumerian in Ebla," in Il Bilinguismo a Ebla, ed.
Canaanite in cuneiform