Ideography, Blissymbolics, standardization, and emergent conformity

There is an extensive literature on the usage of Blissymbolics in augmentative and alternative communication that contradicts Morin's contention that it fails as an ideography. Morin's notion of “standardization” (target article, sect. X, para. X) is at odds with the highly developed under...

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Published in:The Behavioral and brain sciences 2023-10, Vol.46, p.e246-e246, Article e246
Main Author: Howard, Harry
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Communication
Conformity
Open Peer Commentary
Standardization
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Summary:There is an extensive literature on the usage of Blissymbolics in augmentative and alternative communication that contradicts Morin's contention that it fails as an ideography. Morin's notion of “standardization” (target article, sect. X, para. X) is at odds with the highly developed understanding of this notion in linguistics. What Morin seems to have in mind corresponds to the notion of emergence in iterative and multiagent models of language learning.
ISSN:0140-525X
1469-1825
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X23000626