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Topic: Writing: Presented by Javeria Naveed Submitted To Dr. Yousaf Class 4C Roll No 22780

The document discusses the evolution and various forms of writing, highlighting its symbolic representation of language and the self-conscious process involved. It covers historical milestones such as cave writing and cuneiform, as well as different writing systems including pictograms, ideograms, logograms, and rebus writing. Each writing form is explained with examples to illustrate their unique characteristics and functions.

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Topic: Writing: Presented by Javeria Naveed Submitted To Dr. Yousaf Class 4C Roll No 22780

The document discusses the evolution and various forms of writing, highlighting its symbolic representation of language and the self-conscious process involved. It covers historical milestones such as cave writing and cuneiform, as well as different writing systems including pictograms, ideograms, logograms, and rebus writing. Each writing form is explained with examples to illustrate their unique characteristics and functions.

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Topic: Writing

Presented by Javeria Naveed


Submitted to Dr. Yousaf
Class 4C
Roll no 22780
Writing:
 The symbolic representation of language.
 Self conscious process.
 All language have not written form.
 Many users of language having established
written form but don’t know how to write.
Development of writing system:

 Recent achievements of humn being


 Cave writing (20,000 years)
 Clay tokens( 10,0000 years)
Cuneiform:

 Writing system
 Used to record different languages in the ancient midde east.
 ~3350 BCE to 79 CE
 Cuneus is latin for wedge
 Engraved onto stone or metal
 Pessed into clay with reed stylus.
Pictogram:
 A form of picture writing.
 Using picture to represent particular images in a consistent ay.
 Relation between symbol its meaning
 Not Arbitrary; language indeoendent
 Not represent ords or sound in a language
 Example: Bathroom sign
Ideogram:

 A system of idea writing


 More Abstract relation
 More derived form
 More arbitrary
 Example:
Logogram:
 A system of word Writing
 Symbols represents words or morphemes in a particular
language
 Example: Chinese letters
Rebus writing:
 A process of using existing symbols to represent the sound of lang.
 Borrow the symbol, take over the sound but forget the meaning.
 Reduce the number of symbols needed in a writing system
 Example:
Once upon a

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