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.

'logogram' implies that each zi4 is a word in itself, which is saying a bit too
much, because compound words do exist, e.g. hua1sheng1 "peanut" [ex. stolen from
Describing Morphosyntax... hopefully I got the tone nums right].

The zi4, as far as I'm given to understand, are simply morphemes, so
morphograph/morphogram would probably be the best way...?



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