
Deciphering Ancient Scripts: Interview with Silvia Ferrara
Words for Granted - An etymology and linguistics podcast
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What Is a Rebus?
An amorphime is the smallest unit in a grammatical pattern. If i say something, if i say a word such as unattainable, i have three morphimes. A sign refers to one word, but that word is part of a specific language. You can use one sign for two things that are completely unrelated sematically, but some the same. The rebus may be at the they may be the mechanism whereby scrips are built, at the very beginning. And it's so easy. I comes so natural. We play with words. It's got a twist, because it's got a sense of humour too.
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