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Semasiography ('writing with signs', from Greek semasia 'signification' + graphia 'writing') is the use of symbols, called semasiographs, to "communicate information without the necessary intercession of forms of speech". This non-phonetic based technique is studied in semasiology within the field of linguistics.

Semasiography - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Symbols with meaning but no corresponding spoken representation Semasiography ('writing with signs', from Greek semasia 'signification' + graphia 'writing') is the use of symbols, called semasiographs , to "communicate information without the necessary intercession of forms of speech". This non-phonetic based technique is studied in semasiology within the field of linguistics. Semasiography predates the advent of language-based writing. Contemporary systems like musical and mathematical notation, computer icons, an

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