Both Hebrew and Chinese emerged from pictographic origins. Before alphabets and phonetics, their letters and characters were ...

Recognising silent symbols By EXPLORING ENGLISH. Education ... Tens of thousands of English words have at least one symbol (letter) that is not sounded when pronounced. Already a subscriber?

As elections begin, the silent messages of political parties gain salience across India. Let’s admit it: A party symbol can speak a thousand words. It’s also what a voter usually spots first ...