From hieroglyphs to emoji: a spiral model for writing systems evolution

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/sem-2024-0130/html" target="_blank" >10.1515/sem-2024-0130/html</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

From hieroglyphs to emoji: a spiral model for writing systems evolution

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This paper examines the evolution of written communication from ancient hieroglyphs to modern digital forms. It explores how social media, texting, and other digitally mediated communications have transformed traditional modes of human interaction, emphasizing the shift from spoken to written vernaculars. The study highlights that digital communication, characterized by a visual and multimodal nature, diverges significantly from the conventional and linear nature of traditional spoken and written languages. From a cognitive perspective, and using the framework of conceptual blending theory (CBT) and its embodied applications inspired by Jamin Pelkey’s work, the paper explores how technological advancements are reshaping the “language organ,” emphasizing the evolutionary importance of upright posture and free hands over articulatory organs in symbolic usage. The Digital Writing project at the International Semiotics Institute serves as a focal point for this research, analyzing the cognitive implications of various writing systems from pictographs to phonological alphabets and digital communication. This suggests a continuity in human communication systems, advocating for a spiral-evolution model influenced by the theories of Terrence Deacon and Vinicius Romanini.

Název v anglickém jazyce

From hieroglyphs to emoji: a spiral model for writing systems evolution

Popis výsledku anglicky

This paper examines the evolution of written communication from ancient hieroglyphs to modern digital forms. It explores how social media, texting, and other digitally mediated communications have transformed traditional modes of human interaction, emphasizing the shift from spoken to written vernaculars. The study highlights that digital communication, characterized by a visual and multimodal nature, diverges significantly from the conventional and linear nature of traditional spoken and written languages. From a cognitive perspective, and using the framework of conceptual blending theory (CBT) and its embodied applications inspired by Jamin Pelkey’s work, the paper explores how technological advancements are reshaping the “language organ,” emphasizing the evolutionary importance of upright posture and free hands over articulatory organs in symbolic usage. The Digital Writing project at the International Semiotics Institute serves as a focal point for this research, analyzing the cognitive implications of various writing systems from pictographs to phonological alphabets and digital communication. This suggests a continuity in human communication systems, advocating for a spiral-evolution model influenced by the theories of Terrence Deacon and Vinicius Romanini.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

60201 - General language studies

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

SEMIOTICA

ISSN

0037-1998

e-ISSN

1613-3692

Svazek periodika

2025

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

266

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

27

Strana od-do

75-101

Kód UT WoS článku

001521380100001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105009748145