5) Writing Flashcards
When was writing invented?
around 6000 year ago
What are pictograms?
not writing, direct representations of objects in the world
What is power of writing?
preserves texts, conserves knowledge, extends access to texts over time and cross generations, frees memory, stimulates creativity
What is “grapheme”?
individual written symbol, each grapheme represents a particular morpheme or word
The development of writing
protowriting → petroglyphs → cuneiform - sumerian wedge → egyptian hieroglyphs → early alphabets
What is the best documented case of the invention of writing?
sumerian wedge
What is “the Naxi”?
a surviving pictographic writing system, China’s province
Name the types of writing systems
logographic, syllabic, alphabetic, consonantal alphabetic
In which system each written sign represents a morpheme in the spoken language?
logographic
Describe syllabic system
each written symbol represents a syllable of the spoken language, typically additional diacritic symbols to indicate additional phonetic information
In which system the written symbols represent the phonemes of the spoken language?
alphabetic
What is the consonantal alphabetic system?
only consonants are represented by letters, vowels are indicated by changes to or diacritics on the consonants
Which type of writing system is Japanese?
syllabic system
Which type of writing system is Arabic?
consonantal alphabetic system
Which type of writing system is Chinese?
logographic system
