Meanings
nounlexigraphy (usually uncountable, plural lexigraphies)
plural lexigraphies
- uncountableusuallyThe representation of words in writing.
‘Semasiography’ and ‘lexigraphy’ are the two categories of writing, and logography is one type of lexigraphy.
1997, Barry B. Powell, Ian Morris, A New Companion to Homer, page 51 more example
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.
2004, Franck Salomon, The Cord Keepers: Khipus And Cultural Life In A Peruvian Village, →ISBN, page 28 - countableusuallyA system of writing in which there is a one-to-one correspondence between symbols and words.
Origin
Translations
Estonian leksikograafia
- leksikograafiathe representation of words in writing
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