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The very first one. é has semantic value. ´ by itself doesn't.
by eridius 9y ago
The very first one. é has semantic value. ´ by itself doesn't.
- sharmajai 9y agoOf course it does, because it can be combined with other characters. This is the semantic meaning: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_accent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_accent
- eridius 9y agoAn accent mark by itself has zero semantic meaning in a written context. It's a modifier. But you need to know what it's modifying in order to assign it any sort of meaning. We're talking about semantic meaning within the context of a written language, not technical details.