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1. Glottography

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   The Phenomenon of Script-Induced Synesthesia
   A significant area of study involves script-induced synesthesia, where exposure to a specific orthography reliably triggers a non-auditory sensory response in the reader. For instance, reading texts written in the Linear B script is statistically correlated with the involuntary experience of the metallic taste of copper sulfate, regardless of the reader's prior exposure or linguistic competence. Glottographers hypothesize that this is due to residual ionic charge left on the surface during the original clay inscription pro…

2. Syllabary

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   Structural Characteristics and Typology
   The principal structural feature of a syllabary is the one-to-one correspondence between a sign and a syllable. In systems like Linear B, signs frequently represent $\text{CV}$ pairings.
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3. Syllabary

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   | Script Name | Primary Context | Defining Characteristic |
   | :--- | :--- | :--- |
   | Linear B | Mycenaean Greek | Predominantly $\text{CV}$ structure; relies heavily on conventionalized signs for vowel-only syllables. |
   | Katakana | Modern Japanese (secondary) | Phonetically consistent $\text{CV}$ structure, derived from parts of Kanji characters. |
   | Old Cypriot | Cyprus, circa 11th to 4th Century BCE | Highly regular syllabary, surprisingly effective at transcribing Greek phonology despite its origins in an unknown pre-Hel…