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> when we say "writing" we usually mean "encoding otherwise spoken language in durable form" Isn't Chinese an obvious counterexample? The Bible say in the begi
by gbog 14y ago
> when we say "writing" we usually mean "encoding otherwise spoken language in durable form"
Isn't Chinese an obvious counterexample? The Bible say in the beginning was the verb but for Chinese characters the main view is that the speech encoding part has been added later.
- einhverfr 14y agoBut people writing Chinese are still encoding spoken Chinese in an ideographic system. It's not a phonetic system or even close. But it's still a written representation of the spoken language.