Development of Writing Flashcards
Protowriting
first attempt at writing, used for communication with gods and attributed to divine intervention.
What is the purpose of a writing system?
Perseverance of human language.
What are the 6 traits of writing?
- records, analyses and shares a human life
- allows communication regardless of time and space
- stores information
- cannot rely on body language
- requires context
- is principally fixed
Cave drawings
petroglyphs and petrographs; represents primary symbolization - interpreting the message without a reference to language
Pictograms
using a picture to convey meaning in a consistent way
Which writing system was the first to try combining symbol and meaning?
Pictograms
Who used Pictograms?
The Chinese, Sumerians and Egyptians
Ideograms
symbol conveyed an idea, not a concrete object or word
Logograms
system of word writing, symbols represent words, not sounds
Rebus (phonological) writing
a way of using an existing sound to represent sounds of a language
Syllable writing
every symbol represents one syllable
Grapheme
symbol
Syllabary
set of symbols
Alphabetic writing
a symbol represents a single phoneme
In what order was the writing developed?
cave drawings -> pictograms -> ideograms -> logograms -> rebus -> syllable writing -> alphabetic writing
