Chapter 14 Flashcards
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Orthography
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the set of conventions for representing language in written form
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logographic writing
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a type of writing in which symbols (called logograms) represent morphemes or even entire words
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phonographic writing
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symbols represent syllables or phonemes. Two principal types of photographic writing systems - syllabic and alphabetic
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syllabic writing
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employs signs to represent syllables
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alphabetic writing
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symbols represent consonant and vowel segments
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abjads
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vowels are either entirely absent or are optionally expressed with the help of diacritics
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abugidas
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all vowels must be represented, but instead of having separate vowel symbols, they are marked by diacritics or by modifications to consonants
