Writing systems

Question 1

Logographic?

Answer 1

Symbol for each word

Question 2

Syllabic?

Answer 2

Symbol for each syllable

Question 3

Alphabetic?

Answer 3

Symbol for each phoneme

Question 4

Examples of logographic systems? (3)

Answer 4

1-Chinese
2-Egyptian hieroglyphs
2-Catonese

Question 5

2 Benefits of a logographic system?

Answer 5

Cantonese consists of a lot of homophones(words that sound the same).
• These can be distinguished by logographs

Question 6

Examples of syllabic systems? (2)

Answer 6

1-Katakana

2-Cree

Question 7

Examples of alphabetic system?

Answer 7

1- English
2- Welsh
3-Finish

Question 8

Transparent (Shallow) Orthography? (2 examples)

Answer 8

‘Strict’ one-to-one relationship between grapheme and phoneme
e.g. Welsh, Finnish

Question 9

Opaque (deep) orthography?

Answer 9

Grapheme-phoneme correspondence, BUT
Some phonemes may be represented by a variety of graphemes, and vice versa
e.g. English

Question 10

Benefit of opaque orthography?

Answer 10

Reflects etymological origins of words

cliché (French); pizza (Italian)

Question 11

Is one system easier?

Answer 11

1-Logographic system has memory demands
2-Transparent languages have reliable GPC rules
3-Opaque systems take a combined approach