SCRIPT

Assignment of the basic units , From phonemes to graphemes
- Vocal or spoken phonemes , spoken sounds , universal sounds , vocal species , indexing sounds , vocal units
- written grapheme , written stroke , symbols , writing units , two dimensional forms , forms , indexing alphabets
A writing system comprises a particular set of symbols, called a script, as well as the rules by which the script represents a particular language.
- classified according to how symbols function according to these rules
  - letters largely correspond to phonemes as the smallest sound segments that can distinguish one word from another
    - use symbols called letters that correspond to spoken phonemes
      - ALPHABET , An alphabet is a standard set of letters written to represent particular sounds in a spoken language.
    - a writing system in which only consonants are represented, leaving the vowel sounds to be inferred by the reader.
      - ABJAD
    - use characters that correspond to consonant–vowel pairs
      - ABUGIDA
  - Syllabaries use symbols called syllabograms to represent syllables or moras. a syllabary assigns symbols to spoken syllables
    - SYLLABOGRAM
  - is a written character that represents a semantic component of a language, such as a word or morpheme.
    - LOGOGRAMS

write or draw
- write about
- write on mountains or pillars
- written by
  - person
  - instrument
- written on
  - paper
  - film
design
Based on the source of the Letter and the target script
- script sounds same but different forms
- script sounds same and same forms
  - similar vocabulary is a language family
  - but different vocabulary
Based on the reference of script
- script sounds based on indirect realism
  - script sounds referring to an ideogram
    - Chinese characters or logograms
- unintelligible script sounds

Based on reference to a particular idea ( sound acting like an ideogram itself )
- Reference to group of alphabets ( a particular word or concept)
  - ideophones
    - phonetic alphabet + ideogram
    - phonetic alphabet + pasigraphy alphabet