Re: Quasi-logographic

--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Constable" <petercon@...> wrote:

> > From: suzmccarth [mailto:suzmccarth@...]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 10:20 AM
>
>
> > morphophonemic system - it represents both sound and meaning
>
> This is a novel usage of this term. That's not to say that I eschew
> innovation, but one needs to evaluate whether an innovation is

useful.

> If the intent is to refer to Chinese writing as morphophonemic

Not at all. it was never mentioned for Chinese. I believe that Peter
Daniels said that English (or English spelling, no doubt he will
correct me here) had been called 'quasi-logographic'. So my question
was, does this relate to the term morphophonemic. What is the term
for the use of divergent spelling to differentiate homophones?
Spelling patterns that reflect phonemes and morphemes? morphemic
spelling? quasi-logographic? What is the right term for this?
Thanks.

Suzanne McCarthy