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... markings , each of which represents an idea rather than a specific unit of spoken language . An example would be an arrow in an airline terminal , pointing the way from the landing gate to the baggage claim area . In such a case , no ...
... markings , each of which represents an idea rather than a specific unit of spoken language . An example would be an arrow in an airline terminal , pointing the way from the landing gate to the baggage claim area . In such a case , no ...
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... markings stem from another writing symbol tradition that arose during the same era in which logograms arose - starting in about 3100 B.C. At that time , punctuation marks and certain silent markings called determinatives were used as ...
... markings stem from another writing symbol tradition that arose during the same era in which logograms arose - starting in about 3100 B.C. At that time , punctuation marks and certain silent markings called determinatives were used as ...
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... markings and not to any spoken language the markings represent , nor to any writing system . In this cuneiform style , Sumerian syllabic writing signs proliferated , although they were always used along with logographic signs as well ...
... markings and not to any spoken language the markings represent , nor to any writing system . In this cuneiform style , Sumerian syllabic writing signs proliferated , although they were always used along with logographic signs as well ...
Contents
CHARACTERISTICS OF WRITING SYSTEMS | 1 |
PICTOGRAMS AND LOGOGRAMS | 15 |
SYLLABLES | 22 |
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