Writing Systems and Their Use

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What did most early writing systems share?

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They were initially pictographic.

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Which of those is an optional module of a writing system?

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Orthography.

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Which of those aspects is an orthographic concern across different types of writing systems?

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Loan word integration.

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What is a writing system?

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A method of visually representing verbal communication.

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What are the two main types of writing systems?

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Logographic and phonetic.

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What is graphetics?

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The study of the physical representation of written symbols.

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What is graphematics?

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The study of the abstract units of writing.

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What is orthography?

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The conventional spelling system of a language.

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What is a segmentary writing system?

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A system that represents individual sounds or syllables.

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What is a non-segmentary writing system?

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A system that represents whole words or concepts.