- lexigram
- noun ˈlɛks.əˌɡɹæmA symbol that represents a word but is not necessarily indicative of the object referenced by the word, used in studies of communication.
Wikipedia foundation.
lexigram
Look at other dictionaries:
lexigram — /lekˈsi gram/ noun A sign which represents a word ORIGIN: Gr lexis a word, and ↑ gram … Useful english dictionary
Lexigram — A lexigram is a symbol that represents a word but is not necessarily indicative of the object referenced by the word. Lexigrams were notably used by the Georgia State University Language Research center to communicate with bonobos and chimpanzees … Wikipedia
lexigram — [ lɛksɪgram] noun a symbol representing a word, especially one used in learning a language … English new terms dictionary
Kanzi — See Kanji for the Chinese characters that are used in Japanese Kanzi Born October 28, 1980 (1980 10 28) (age 31) Georgia State University … Wikipedia
Lana (chimpanzee) — Lana (born on October 7 1970) is a female chimpanzee, the first to be used in language research using lexigrams. She was born at the Yerkes National Primate Research Centre of Emory University, and the project she was allocated to when 1 year old … Wikipedia
Глазерсфельд, Эрнст фон — Эрнст фон Глазерсфельд Ernst von Glasersfeld … Википедия
Ideogram — An ideogram or ideograph (from Greek polytonic|ἰδέα idea idea + polytonic|γράφω grafo to write ) is a graphic symbol that represents an idea, rather than a group of letters arranged according to the phonemes of a spoken language, as is done in… … Wikipedia
Panzee and Panbanisha — Panpanzee, often called Panzee , and Panbanisha are two apes with whom research is being carried out in the United States. Panzee lives at the [http://www2.gsu.edu/ wwwlrc/ Language Research Center] at [http://www.gsu.edu Georgia State… … Wikipedia
Yerkish — is an artificial language developed for use by non human primates. Yerkish requires the primates to use a keyboard to punch keys with so called lexigrams, symbols corresponding to objects or ideas. The language was developed by Ernst von… … Wikipedia
Animal language — is the modeling of human language in non human animal systems. While the term is widely used, most researchers agree that animal languages are not as complex or expressive as human language.Some researchers argue that there are significant… … Wikipedia
