Visual Morphemes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2850798 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dwight Bolinger (corresponding author), Dwight L Bolinger |
| Year | 1946 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 333 |
| Publication date | 1946-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/409923 |
| OpenAlex | W4251607869 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The fact that most writing is the graphic representation of vocal-auditory processes tends to obscure the fact that writing can exist as a series of morphemes at its own level, independent of or interacting with the more fundamental (or at least more primitive) vocal-auditory morphemes. Recognition of visual morphemes is also hampered by the controversy, not yet subsided, over the primacy of the spoken versus the written; the victory of those who sensibly insist upon language as fundamentally a vocal-auditory process has been so hard won that any concession to writing savors of retreat. Yet, so long as a point-to-point correspondence is maintained, it is theoretically possible to transform any series of morphemes from any sensory field into any other sensory field, and keep them comprehensible; the only condition is that contact with the nervous system be maintained at some point. More than theoretically: it is actually done for the congenitally deaf-and-dumb reader of Braille, who ‘reads’ and ‘comprehends’ with his finger-tips. Just as here is a system of tactile morphemes existing with no connexion (other than historical) with the vocal-auditory field, so there is nothing unscientific in the assumption that a similarly independent visual series may be found
Linguistics · Morpheme · Art, Technology, and Culture · Data Visualization and Analytics · Law in Society and Culture · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1971 - 2024 (54) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |