2014年9月7日星期日

Another Short History of Linguistics (60)

When we design a mosaic, we know that smaller mosaic give clearer image. Because we can have more choice to fix them in the same picture. Similarly, when we compare pictogram and alphabetic language, we found that pictogram seemed had smaller symbols for meaning. Therefore they may insert clearer image to the listener’s mind. Or we may say as we apperceive a meaning from ether vision or audition. The pictogram seemed more compact. For this reason, the pictogram could express anything flexibly. Here are some examples.
When someone feels the two-word term 超强 (means ‘very strong’) boring, he may split them as four-word term 走召弓虽.

Sometimes when we talking about the relationship of two countries, the Chinese usually take the first character of each country to form a new word. For instance中国means China, 美国means America. While 中美means Sino-America.

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