lexigraphyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

lexigraphy (usually uncountable; 複数形 lexigraphies)

1. (uncountable) The representation of words in writing.
   • 1997, Barry B. Powell and Ian Morris, A New Companion to Homer, page 5:

     ‘Semasiography’ and ‘lexigraphy’ are the two categories of writing, and logography is one type of lexigraphy.

   • 2004, Franck Salomon, The Cord Keepers: Khipus And Cultural Life In A Peruvian Village [1], ISBN 0822333902, page 28:

     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.

2. (countable) A system of writing in which there is a one-to-one correspondence between symbols and words.

関連する語

• lexigraphic
• lexigraphical
• lexigraphically

等位語

• semasiography

参考

• lexicography