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lexigraphy en · NOUN

Etymology

From lexigraph + -y.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The representation of words in writing.
   • Without prejudice against Urton's argument that khipus are theoretically capable of lexigraphic reference such as logosyllabography, I have found that actual cord lexigraphy remains conjectural. 2004, Franck Salomon, The Cord Keepers: Khipus And Cultural Life In A Peruvian Village, →ISBN, page 28:
   • ‘Semasiography’ and ‘lexigraphy’ are the two categories of writing, and logography is one type of lexigraphy. 1997, Barry B. Powell, Ian Morris, A New Companion to Homer, page 5:
2. (countable, usually) A system of writing in which there is a one-to-one correspondence between symbols and words.

Forms

Coordinates

semasiography

Relateds

lexigraphical · lexicography · lexigraphic · lexigraphically

Translations (3)

km វចនលេខន៍ (the representation of words in writing) · et leksikograafia (the representation of words in writing) · km វចនលេខន៍ (writing system with one symbol per word)