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Re: NATLANG/Learning : Sanskrit

From:Muke Tever <muke@...>
Date:Wednesday, August 13, 2003, 15:13
From: "Phillip Driscoll" <phild@...>
> > But are you sure that the ideographs are really iconic in the present > > time. Those characters evolved to such a point it's difficult to make > > the link between the character shape and its meanings, except perhaps > > if you have studied their etymology. ;-) > > 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 might just be easier to borrow 'zi4' entirely for the whole type and have done with it. *Muke! -- http://frath.net/

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