Semasiography
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Symbols with meaning but no corresponding spoken representation
Semasiography ('writing with signs', from Greek semasia 'signification' + graphia 'writing') is the use of symbols, called semasiographs, to "communicate information without the necessary intercession of forms of speech". This non-phonetic based technique is studied in semasiology within the field of linguistics.
Semasiography predates the advent of language-based writing. Contemporary systems like musical and mathematical notation, computer icons, and emoji have also been characterized as semasiographies.[1]
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[edit ]Citations
[edit ]- ^ Powell 2012, pp. 32–36.
Works cited
[edit ]- Powell, Barry B. (2012). Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-118-25532-2.
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