lexigraphy

English

From lexigraph +‎ -y.

lexigraphy (usually uncountable, plural lexigraphies)

(uncountable) The representation of words in writing.
- 1997, Barry B. Powell, Ian Morris, A New Companion to Homer, page 5:
  ‘Semasiography’ and ‘lexigraphy’ are the two categories of writing, and logography is one type of lexigraphy.
- 2004, Franck Salomon, The Cord Keepers: Khipus And Cultural Life In A Peruvian Village‎^[1], →ISBN, page 28:
  Without prejudice against Urton's argument that khipus are theoretically capable of lexigraphic reference such as logosyllabography, I have found that actual cord lexigraphy remains conjectural.
(countable) A system of writing in which there is a one-to-one correspondence between symbols and words.

the representation of words in writing

writing system with one symbol per word