logographic
- adjective
- /ˌlɒɡəˈɡræfɪk/
- Specialized
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logográfico
- The perfect book or speech obeys in every respect the pure and merciless laws of what has been called logographic necessity.
- logographic nature
Examples
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It has been demonstrated that the logographic nature of contracted braille interferes with the development of phonological awareness (Dodd & Conn, 2000).
Academic text (2010) -
Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics are a notable example of logographic writing, where symbols correspond to words.
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In a logographic writing system, one written symbol represents one word or lexical item.
Academic text (1990) -
In contrast to the Chinese writing system in which only Chinese logographic characters are used, the Japanese writing system combines both logographic (Kanji) and phonographic (hiragana and katakana) systems.
Academic text (2006) -
Aside from the tactile nature of braille, the partly logographic nature of braille orthography also adds to the complexity of learning to read (Millar, 1997).
Academic text (2010) -
Instruction in contracted braille is also essential to focus attention on the logographic orthography of graphemes (for example, the letter k represents the word knowledge), including braille contractions and short forms.
Academic text (2007) -
As discussed above, because Kanji, being logographic characters, have a distinct angular form and semantic integrity, they differentiate themselves visually and cognitively as the figure while the remaining hiragana function as the ground.
Academic text (2006) -
In a logographic writing system, one written symbol represents one word or morpheme.
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The Chinese writing system is logographic, as its characters represent entire words rather than individual sounds.
Synonyms
Writing that uses single characters to stand for whole words or ideas
How Pictorial
1
7.9
- Specialized
- Specialized
- Specialized
7
4.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Logographic combines logo- from logos meaning 'word' and -graphic from graph meaning 'to write', like in photograph or graphic. So a logographic system is 'word-writing' where each symbol stands for a whole 'word' or idea rather than a sound.