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This template is intended to be used to summarize the content of articles about graphemes. It automatically attaches a notice about the use of IPA symbols (see above/to the side) and a category tag for Category:Graphemes. Below is the full syntax for the template and the options for various parameters.
In linguistics, a grapheme is the smallest functional unit of a writing system. [1] The word grapheme is derived from Ancient Greek gráphō ('write'), and the suffix -eme by analogy with phoneme and other emic units. The study of graphemes is called graphemics. The concept of graphemes is abstract and similar to the notion in computing of a ...
English orthography comprises the set of rules used when writing the English language, [1] [2] allowing readers and writers to associate written graphemes with the sounds of spoken English, as well as other features of the language. [3] English's orthography includes norms for spelling, hyphenation, capitalisation, word breaks, emphasis, and ...
An infobox for displaying data about a grapheme or letter Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Name name The English name of the letter Default {{PAGENAME}} String optional Letter letter The Unicode character for the letter String optional Variants variations Variations of the grapheme String optional Image image The image to display at the top of the ...
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Graphemics or graphematics is the linguistic study of writing systems and their basic components, i.e. graphemes.. At the beginning of the development of this area of linguistics, Ignace Gelb coined the term grammatology for this discipline; [1] later some scholars suggested calling it graphology [2] to match phonology, but that name is traditionally used for a pseudo-science.
A phonogram is a grapheme i.e. one or more written characters which represent a phoneme (speech sound), [1] rather than a bigger linguistic unit such as morphemes or words. [2] For example, "igh" is an English-language phonogram that represents the / aɪ / sound in "high".