English Dictionary

rebus principle

固有名詞

(linguistics) The idea of using ideograms as phonograms representing the sounds of the words expressed by the original ideograms.

日本語の意味

（言語学）元の象形文字が表す単語の音を表現するために、象形文字を音素記号として用いるという考え方

Linguists often cite the rebus principle when explaining how ancient writing systems adapted pictograms to represent sounds.

言語学者は、古代の表記体系が絵文字を語の音を表す音価として用いるように変化したことを説明するときに、表意文字を音価として用いる原理をしばしば引用する。

意味（1）

(linguistics) The idea of using ideograms as phonograms representing the sounds of the words expressed by the original ideograms.

The principle of phonetic transfer is often called the rebus principle. Although the rebus principle of word-sign substitution in situations where there are like sounds was discovered by many diverse civilizations it was not fully exploited by most.