CLCIV 328 Midterm: CLCIV 328 Midterm
18 Oct 2017
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Ideogram/logogram- represents a concept or idea (often a word) Phonogram- represents one or more speech sounds (typically letters: syllabary- type of phonogram, represents a syllable. Evolution of writing- usually from meaning-based symbols to sound-based symbols (increasing greater level of abstraction: script: a writing system, like our alphabet or chinese writing, text: a written document, manuscript: a handwritten document (typically on paper, papyrus, ect. ) Inscription: a text inscribed on wood, stone, ect. Proto-writing: any set of written symbols that record information but are not systematically related to language. Cuneiform- wedge-shaped , shape of the strokes making up the sign. Is not a language= writing system: first to develop was the mesopotamian cuneiform (also called sumero- Rebus system in sumerian- 2800 bc: phonetic match doesn"t have to be perfect, sign could be used as a syllabogram with phonetic value, 2 combined signs: 1 indicating meaning, 1 indicating sound.
