Language and Writing

Fill in the Blank

100

This chapter is about the ____ of language. 

textualization

200

Socrates referred to writing as a technology for ____.

forgetting

300

Korean's writing system is an example of how language influenced the technology of writing through its ____ features. 

articulatory

Term

100

This is the "mutually influential relationship between language and technology."

technolingualism

200

This is the state of being comprised of numerous pieces, which can be combined, rearranged, and broken down. 

discreteness

300

A writing system that represents the syllables of a language.  

syllabary 

Names and Titles

100

Sequoya was a silversmith who created the first writing system for this, his native language. 

Cherokee

200

In the 1990s, Robert Logan wrote a book called "The Alphabet ___," which argued that the alphabetic writing system influenced Western cultural thought and science. 

Effect

300

This is the name of the Korean writing system, which literally translates to "Great Script" or "Korean Script"

Hangul

Wild Card

100

In its most basic sense, writing is a way of representing language through ___.

symbols 

200

Japanese kanji and Chinese hanzi are often called this kind of writing system, where a word or morpheme is represented by a single character. 

logograph

300

This principle is when a picture of something represents a sound or word in a language; i.e. the picture of an "eye" means 'I'; the picture of an "oar" means "or"; etc.

rebus