Writing Systems

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writing system - a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols

punctuation - the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases

hyphenation - connecting syllables and words by hyphens

hyphenation, word division - division of a word especially at the end of a line on a page

script - a particular orthography or writing system

spelling - forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage

writing - letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language; "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"; "the doctor's writing was illegible"

picture writing - a writing system using pictographs

alphabetic script, alphabetic writing - a writing system based on alphabetic characters

boustrophedon - an ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally `as the ox ploughs'

ideography - the use of ideograms in writing

hieroglyph, hieroglyphic - a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt

point system - a system of writing or printing using patterns of raised dots that can be read by touch

punctuation mark, punctuation - the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases

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alphabet
alphabetic
alphabetic script
alphabetic writing
alphabetical
analphabetic
bigram
boustrophedon
Devanagari script
hieroglyph
hieroglyphic
hyphenation
ideography
Linear A
Nagari
Nagari script
orthography
phonography
picture writing

00 Hardcover P211 Scholars who decipher lost writing systems become heroes, and their methods are analyzed and admired, but little attention had been paid to how writing systems get lost in the first place.

The disappearance of writing systems; perspectives on literacy and ... by Reference & Research Book News

Based on recent National Asian Languages and Studies for Australian Schools (NALSAS) research, under the guidance of Andrew Serimgeour of the University of South Australia, the character catalogues and associated learning objects aim to enhance a student's understanding of the Chinese and Japanese writing systems through analysis and interaction rather than simple memorisation.

Supporting the teaching and learning of Chinese Japanese and ... by Clarke, Olivia; Gugger, Anne / Babel

For instance, signs run horizontally across the stone, whereas the region's later writing systems placed symbols in vertical columns.

Scripted stone: ancient block may bear Americas' oldest writing by Bower, B. / Science News

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