THE DEVELOPMENT OF GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
Even before primitive man developed spoken language, he was able to
communicate by grunting, laughing, frowning, screaming, and by using
physical force. In these and other ways he made his message clear to
others.
As time went on, man developed other ways of communication. He
learned to mark trails with piles of stones or cuts on trees. He
discovered how to control fire and use smoke to signal others. He
learned to communicate through a spoken language. And then he learned to
write.
THE EVOLUTION OF WRITING
Writing made it possible to record information. It also made it
possible to send message over great distances without direct contact.
Most important, though, it enabled man to transmit knowledge to future
generations.
PICTOGRAPHS. Evidence of man’s early attempts at writing can be found on the walls
of caves 3000years old. The writing was in the form of pictures painted
on cave walls. These paintings are called pictographs.
IDEOGRAPHS. As man’s need to communicate grew, picture writing gave way to idea
writing. Pictures began to take on abstract meanings. Instead of
representing the objects pictured, the pictures took on new meanings.
They began to represent he feeling or idea that each was supposed to
suggest. Graphic symbols that represent ideas are called ideographs.
HIEROGLYPHICS.Hieroglyphics are a form of ideographic. They are highly
sophisticated renderings perfected by the Egyptians around 2500 B.C.
Each picture represents an idea, not a sound as modern letters do.
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