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Citation reference: Harvey, L., 2012-24, Social Research Glossary, Quality Research International, http://www.qualityresearchinternational.com/socialresearch/
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Lexigraphy
Lexigraphy is the system of writing in which each character represents a word
Lee et al. (2010) state:
Writing communicates information via markings and has two independent classes of data: (i) semasiography that uses images without recourse to spoken language and (ii) lexigraphy that uses icons/symbols to embody a verbal language. Within an archaeological context, semasiography is considered to have three categories: (i) primitive art, such as the images found in Lascaux, (ii) descriptive–representational devices, such as the pictorial event messages written by the Plains Indians, and (iii) identifying mnemonics that identify things such as individuals and places. The first two categories of semasiography, being pictorial based, tend not to have a strong, consistent directionality in the image placement. Some identifying mnemonics can have consistent directionality, such as heraldic shields. Lexigraphic writing, based on speech, has an implied and consistent directionality. Thus unknown systems written with a consistent, implied directionality of marking placement may be identifying-mnemonic semasiography or lexigraphic writing
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