| 单词 | thought-writing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthought-writing thought-writing n. the recording of thought, spec. by graphic symbols that directly denote ideas. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > system of writing > [noun] > thought-writing ideography1836 word-writing1843 thought-writing1860 notion-writing1863 1860 C. H. Cottrell tr. C. C. J. von Bunsen Egypt's Place IV. v. i. 55 Period of the formation of pure picture-writing (thought-writing [Ger. Gedenkschrift]). 1883 Amer. Naturalist 17 225 He introduces Dr. Friedrich Müller's neat distinction of thought-writing and sound-writing. 1890 Smithsonian Rep. 50 The monographs on sign language and pictography..may contribute to the understanding of similar exhibitions of evanescent and durable thought-writing. 1951 M. L. Woolf Dict. Arts 522 Thought-writing, a method of conveying ideas without the use of words, known more commonly as pictography. 1969 W. Tomkins Indian Sign Lang. 74 Picture writing is..one distinctive form of thought writing without reference to sound—gesture language being the earlier form. 2000 A. Gaur Literacy & Politics of Writing iii. 30 A ‘missing link’ that breached the gap between thought writing and sound writing. < as lemmas |
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