different between semasiography vs lexigraphy

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (s?masía, “the meaning of a word”) + -?????? (-graphía, “-graphy, writing”), from ??????? (s?maín?, “I show by a sign, signify”), from ???? (sêma, “a mark, sign”).

Noun

semasiography (countable and uncountable, plural semasiographies)

1. Any system of writing that uses graphemes which denote meaningful elements of speech.

Related terms

• semasiology

Further reading

• semasiography on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

lexigraph +? -y

Noun

lexigraphy (usually uncountable, plural lexigraphies)

1. (uncountable) The representation of words in writing.
   • 2004, Franck Salomon, The Cord Keepers: Khipus And Cultural Life In A Peruvian Village [1], ?ISBN, page 28:

     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.

2. (countable) A system of writing in which there is a one-to-one correspondence between symbols and words.

Coordinate terms

• semasiography

Related terms

• lexigraphic
• lexigraphical
• lexigraphically

Translations

See also

• lexicography