study of writing systems; graphemics
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graphemics; study of writing systems
formalA branch of linguistics concerned with the analysis of scripts, including their historical development, internal structure, and social usage. Covers Chinese characters, alphabets, syllabaries, and hieroglyphs.
Wén文
zì字
xué学
shì是
yǔ语
yán言
xué学
de的
yī一
gè个
zhòng重
yào要
fēn分
zhī支
。
Graphemics is an important branch of linguistics.
Tā他
zài在
dà大
xué学
zhuān专
gōng攻
bǐ比
jiào较
wén文
zì字
xué学
。
He specialized in comparative graphemics at university.
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Zhè这
mén门
wén文
zì字
xué学
kè课
chéng程
hān涵
gài盖
le了
cóng从
jiǎ甲
gǔ骨
wén文
dào到
xiàn现
dài代
jiǎn简
tǐ体
zì字
de的
yǎn演
biàn变
guò过
chéng程
。
This graphemics course covers the evolution from oracle bone script to modern simplified characters.