LIN 1300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Grapheme, For Against
19 Oct 2016
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Use of graphic marks systematically to represent specific linguistic utterances. Buuttt writing allows to communicate all specific ideas accurately and efficiently. Preserve over space/time, shared with more ppl, allows for complex calculations than speech and memory, suited to revision/refinement. Inhumain, establishes outside of mind what can only be in mind. Writing is systematic: systematic relationship to language, systematic internal organization of its own. Closer to writing but adaptively displays properties of it and speech. Unable to see body language created emojis (ideographs i(cid:374)di(cid:272)ati(cid:374)g speaker"s (cid:373)ood, a(cid:374)d other prag(cid:373)ati(cid:272) fu(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s) Informality caused decreased capitalization, punctuation, other traditional features. Asynchronous: communications were not conducted in real time. Sy(cid:373)(cid:271)ols that do(cid:374)"t represe(cid:374)t either are (cid:448)isual (cid:373)arkers of the stru(cid:272)ture. Derived from pictograms (pictures drawn to express ideas) Rebus principle: borrowing symbol only for phonemic value. Syllabry: total character set used for give language. Some syllables written using multiple characters, some characters pronounced as extra sounds in syllable.
