Semantography - English Dictionary: Symbol Elements Section

The following table shows the first part of the first "preliminary" dictionary section.

The first "preliminary" dictionary section deals with the symbol elements.

For an explaination of the rules of the dictiorary please click here.

Abbreviations:

1. BPB: Blissymbols Picture Book
2. FB: Book to the Film 'Mr. Symbol Man'
3. SB: Semantography Blissymbolics
4. BEST: Bliss-Everingham Symbol Table
5. SS: Semantography Series

Important Note

I have to find a way to categorize the parts of speech, like articles and prepositions. Charles does not address this issue in my notes. Originally I placed them all under the thing category, but that did not seem correct. At the moment I am putting them under a category entitled parts of speech.

Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			no meaning
			no meaning
						periods	Punctuation: sentence full stop or period.		BPB 558
			no meaning
					again			Charles originally used two long vertical lines (SB 426).
			no meaning
			neutron			neutrons			SB 503
			no meaning
			no meaning
						colons	Punctuation: colon	Is not used to divide minutes from seconds.	SB 105
			dust, powder		dusty				FB 57
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			no meaning
			no meaning
								Punctuation: Partition of a sentence. Important partition in separating symbols from each other.	SB 445
							Punctuation: quotation marks		SB 445
							ditto; repeat previous		SB 734
			no meaning
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			no meaning
			no meaning
			it			they, them			SB 406
					near				BPB 530
					far				BPB 530
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			stick, staff, line, wire, string, hair	elongate, to, straighten, to	straight, linear	lines			SB 278
			thing repeated, copy, repetition	repeat, to, copy, to	repeatedly	copies			SB 283
			limits, frontiers	limit, to	limited	limits, as in plural			SB 283
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			no meaning
			no meaning
			no meaning
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			no meaning
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			no meaning
							Article: the		SB 447
			no meaning
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
				destroy, to; cross out, to; eliminate, to; obliterate, to					BPB 286
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			no meaning
				minus, without					SB 105
			no meaning
					high				SB 246
					low				SB 246
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			sky, heaven, atmosphere						SB 232
			loss	subtraction					SB 105
			ground, earth, basis						SB 232
			world						SB 306
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			no meaning
							Article: a, an		SB 447
			no meaning
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			pen, pencil, writing implement	write, to					SB 324
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			no meaning
			no meaning
			no meaning
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			no meaning
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			no meaning
			no meaning
			then (in past), ago		then (in past)				SB 318
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			past						SB 107
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			no meaning
			no meaning
			then (in future)						SB 318
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			future						SB 107
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			fire	burn, to					SB 107
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			no meaning
			no meaning
			no meaning
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			no meaning
			no meaning
			no meaning
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			cloud						SB 270
			water						SB 270
			oil						SB 275
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			wing (of a bird)						SB 137
			no meaning
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			no meaning
			grass (leaf of)						SB 455
			grain						SB 455
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			no meaning
			no meaning
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			no meaning
			no meaning
Important Note: The half-circle small symbols have yet to be included. The following symbols ear and heart include the half circle small and are listed here.
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			ear	hear, to; shine, to; listen, to	auditory, aural, accoustic	ears			SB 288
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			heart	feel, to	emotional, feelingly	hearts			SB 304
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			brain, mind	think, to	thoughtful, mindful	thoughts, ideas			SB 307
			no meaning
			conscience, super ego						SB 307
			soul, mind comprising conscience, reason, emotion	spirit, thoughts, ideas					SB 709
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			no meaning
			vessel, bowl, container	hold, to; keep, to; retain, to		vessels, bowls, containers			SB 364
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			no meaning
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			no meaning
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			no meaning
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			no meaning
			mouth	talk, to; speak, to; tell, to	verbal, oral, verbatim	mouths			SB 291
			no meaning
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
			sun	sun, to; shine, to	sunny	suns			SB 270
Symbol							Part of Speech	Notes	Reference
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