Lexigraph vs Logogram - What's the difference?
lexigraph | logogram |
A lexigram or ideograph, a graphical depiction of a single word.
* 2006 , Noël J. Nickson and Laurence E. R. Picken, Music from the Tang Court: Some Ancient Connections Explored [http://books.google.com/books?id=G6_voeVrDkwC], ISBN 1397805218, page 50:
* 2006 , James A.W. Heffernan, "Speaking for Pictures" in Writing and Seeing: Essays on Word and Image [http://books.google.com/books?id=BrjM1PAUWCEC], ISBN 9042016981, page 43:
A character or symbol that represents a word or phrase (e.g. a character of the Chinese writing system).
A graphical symbol representing a concept or thing, as in roadside signs; a logo.
Logogram is a related term of lexigraph.
As nouns the difference between lexigraph and logogram
is that lexigraph is a lexigram or ideograph, a graphical depiction of a single word while logogram is a character or symbol that represents a word or phrase (e.g. a character of the Chinese writing system).lexigraph
English
Noun
(en noun)- "Be that as it may, it is certain that the lexigraph for hayashi is not a Japanese creation, but a nowadays-forgotten Chinese character..."
- "He does not want them to be read as we might read a lexigraph, a postmodern painting of words such as Joseph Kosuth's red ..."
