语言学上,形意符号(ideogram,ideograph)亦称表意符号、形意图、表意图、表意字[1]、表意文字[2],简称意符[3],是一种图形符号,只代表一定意义。
形意符号不是一种代表语言的语素或语音的文字系统;换句话说,这种文字系统并不能用于记录语言。表意符号是文字萌芽时期的产物,是相当原始的,可以分为四个层次:刻符、岩画、文字画和图画字。由于表意符号不能记录任何语言,因此它仅在文字原始时期使用。当文字史进入古典时期后,语素文字(如汉字)便取而代之了。
参见
参考文献
- DeFrancis, John. 1990. The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-1068-6
- Hannas, William. C. 1997. Asia's Orthographic Dilemma. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-1892-X (paperback); ISBN 0-8248-1842-3 (hardcover)
- Unger, J. Marshall. 2003. Ideogram: Chinese Characters and the Myth of Disembodied Meaning. ISBN 0-8248-2760-0 (trade paperback), ISBN 0-8248-2656-6 (hardcover)
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