What does allograph mean?

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ˈæl əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑfal·lo·graph

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. allographnoun

    a variant form of a grapheme, as `m' or `M' or a handwritten version of that grapheme

  2. allographnoun

    a signature written by one person for another

Wiktionary

  1. allographnoun

    A variant form of a letter (or other grapheme)

  2. allographnoun

    A signature made by one person for another (compare autograph)

Wikipedia

  1. allograph

    Allography, from the Greek for "other writing", has several meanings which all relate to how words and sounds are written down.

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  1. allograph

    An allograph is a variant form of a letter or character in a specific writing system. It refers to different graphical representations of a specific letter or symbol that are considered the same letter or symbol in the system of writing being used. Similarly, in linguistics, it can also refer to phonemes that can be uttered in different ways based on their context within a word.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Allographnoun

    a writing or signature made by some person other than any of the parties thereto; -- opposed to autograph

  2. Etymology: [Gr. another + -graph.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Allograph

    al′lō-graf, n. a writing made by one person on behalf of another. [Gr. allos, other, graphē, writing.]

Editors Contribution

  1. Allograph

    Someone writing in a language other than his/her mother tongue.

    Given the cosmopolitan and Babel-like situation in which we find ourselves, there’s a great future for co-writers. We live in a situation in which the writer or writing agent addresses allophones directly. And in which he necessarily addresses them clumsily. The situation calls for allography; the circumstances call for clumsiness. When it comes to housework, the allograph will have a lot to do. You can say that again. He has to deal with a foreign language which does not automatically tidy itself up behind his back. On the contrary, it constantly begins to say something other than what was meant to be said, to connote at random - not to mention the solecisms and barbarisms. Source: The Lyotard Reader, p. ix Lyotard plays on the word allophone: [...] those who report a non-official language MT [mother tongue] are assigned to the Allophone category. Source: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/reports-statistics/research/statistical-portrait-english-speaking-immigrants-quebec/section-2.html allophone Canadian Slang a resident whose first language is one other than English or French. Used only by linguists in other English-speaking countries, this word has come to be used by journalists and broadcasters, and then by the general public, in some parts of Canada. Source: http://english_dialects.enacademic.com/9715/allophone Allophone Canadian A person whose native language is other than French or English. Sources: http://www.yourdictionary.com/allophone https://www.thefreedictionary.com/allophone (Canada, strict) A person whose mother tongue is neither English nor French. (Canada) A person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/allophone allophone In Quebec, an allophone is someone whose first language or language of use is neither English nor French. The term is also sometimes used in other parts of Canada. It is formed from the Greek roots allos, meaning other, and phone, meaning sound or voice. Compare the terms anglophone and francophone, which designate people whose first or adoptive languages are English and French, respectively. One is said to be an allophone if he or she speaks neither french nor english at home with the family or "on the phone". Source: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=allophone CANADIAN someone living in Canada who does not speak English or French as their first language Source: https://www.macm


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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of allograph in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of allograph in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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