• Lexigraphy

    Origin

    lexigraph + -y

    Full definition of lexigraphy

    Noun

    lexigraphy

    (usually uncountable; plural lexigraphies)
    1. (uncountable) The representation of words in writing.
      • 1997, Barry B. Powell and Ian Morris, A New Companion to Homer, page 5:‘Semasiography’ and ‘lexigraphy’ are the two categories of writing, and logography is one type of lexigraphy.
      • 2004, Franck Salomon, The Cord Keepers: Khipus And Cultural Life In A Peruvian Village http://books.google.com/books?id=COVXXp3xwuIC, ISBN 0822333902, page 28:Without prejudice against Urton's argument that khipus are theoretically capable of lexigraphic reference such as logosyllabography, I have found that actual cord lexigraphy remains conjectural.
    2. (countable) A system of writing in which there is a one-to-one correspondence between symbols and words.

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