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Comment
. 2023 Oct 2:46:e240.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X23000778.

Visual languages and the problems with ideographies: A commentary on Morin

Neil Cohn  1 , Joost Schilperoord  1
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Visual languages and the problems with ideographies: A commentary on Morin

Neil Cohn et al. Behav Brain Sci. .

Abstract

Morin argues that ideographies are limited because graphic codes lack a capacity for proliferating standardization. However, natural graphic systems display rich standardization and can be placed in sequences using complex combinatorial structures. In contrast, ideographies are not natural, and their limitations lie in their attempts to artificially force a graphic system to behave like a writing system.

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  • Puzzling out graphic codes.
    Morin O. Morin O. Behav Brain Sci. 2023 Oct 2;46:e260. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X23002418. Behav Brain Sci. 2023. PMID: 37779296

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  • The puzzle of ideography.
    Morin O. Morin O. Behav Brain Sci. 2022 Oct 18;46:e233. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X22002801. Behav Brain Sci. 2022. PMID: 36254782

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