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From: "Muke Tever" <muke@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 9:47 PM
Subject: Re: NATLANG/Learning : Sanskrit
> From: "Stone Gordonssen" <stonegordonssen@...>
> > > > Just F.Y.I.: The term "ideograph" is currently deprecated. The
> > > > preferred term today is "logogram."
> > >
> > >Hmm, 'logogram' itself is kind of dated, isn't the more precise word
> > >'morphogram'?
> >
> > It is felt that any of these is a truly more accurate word for the
concept?
> > And if so, why?
>
> Well, both 'ideogram' and 'pictogram' both say too little, implying that
each
> zi4 is a picture or direct representation of an idea, which isnt generally
true.
How about phonoideogram? I think that gets the general idea across quite
nicely.