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From: John Woodgate
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 00:00

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<7j05eb$rml@ask.diku.dk>, Klaus Ole Kristiansen <klaus@diku.dk>
inimitably wrote:
>John Woodgate <jmw@jmwa.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
>>I see a difference between 'pictographic' and 'symbolic'. What I mean by
>>the former is quasi-realistic representation of objects etc., as in a
>>strip-cartoon, whereas 'symbolic' implies a stylization, as you see on
>>the controls of a car or icons on a computer display.
>
>That is not the difference.  A pictogram means what it shows, a symbol
>means something else.  A picture of a fish, however stylized, meaning
>"fish sold here" is a pictogram.  A picture of a fish, however realistic,
>meaning "I am a Christian" is a symbol.
>
>Klaus O K

But there is a complete continuum between a photograph - a painting - a
cartoon - a hieroglyph - a modern Chinese character. At what degree of
stylization does something change from being a pictogram to a symbol.
-- 
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