Meaning of zodiograph | Babel Free

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A pictograph or ideogram that is used as the standard representation of a specific word.

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“That these kinds of elaborate zodiographs were not used to any extent, as far as we know⟳, in the developmental stages of any writing system is due, we suspect⟳, to the sub fades operation of a kind of "efficiency principle."”

“The process⟳ of shifting from a pictograph to a zodoiograph is the process⟳ of acquiring a pronunciation. This process⟳ we call⟳ "phoneticization," and it is at this point⟳ that pictographs, or any other kind of graphs, turn⟳ into writing.”

“Short of pointing to the corresponding khipu cartouche, an ideograph for “corn-planting month,” say⟳, would have⟳ to be named to be spoken of, and all that is required to produce⟳ a zodiograph is for the spoken word to stick⟳ to the conventional graphic representation.”

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