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Pregunta 85

A learner claims that every hieroglyph was simply a picture of the object it showed. Which correction is accurate?

  1. Signs could represent sounds, words, and kinds of meaningRespuesta correcta
  2. Every sign named only the object drawn in its shape
  3. The script used pictures only as spaces between words
  4. Hieroglyphs recorded numbers but never spoken language

Explicación

These pictorial signs could convey sounds, whole words, or categories of meaning, so the system was more than picture labeling. Some signs depict recognizable things, but their written function need not be a literal reference to the pictured object.

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