Re: Quasi-logographic

suzmccarth wrote:

>
> --- 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

?? Was this written before or after you saw Peter C.'s explanation
(maybe he should write a textbook) of "morphophonemic"? Why do you even
imagine a relationship?

> 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?

?????????

Now you seem to be echoing Hockett's suggestion that you pooh-poohed
earlier.

> Thanks.

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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...