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The disadvantage of ideography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2023

Ignasi-Xavier Adiego Open the ORCID record for Ignasi-Xavier Adiego [Opens in a new window]  and
Miguel Valério Open the ORCID record for Miguel Valério [Opens in a new window]
Ignasi-Xavier Adiego
Affiliation:
Institut Universitari del Pròxim Orient Antic (IPOA), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain [email protected]
Miguel Valério
Affiliation:
Department of Prehistory, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain [email protected]
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Abstract

Morin argues that fully fledged ideography is hindered by a problem of standardization. In general, the argument makes a great deal of sense, but we find that it is easier to grasp if, unlike the author, we consider ideography a language – one whose symbols (graphs) are not as effortless to produce as those of spoken and sign languages (phones, gestures).

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 46 , 2023 , e234
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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