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The fact you’ve got to learn them doesn’t negate the statement that they communicate without words. All language has to be learned
by comradesmith 3mo ago
The fact you’ve got to learn them doesn’t negate the statement that they communicate without words.
All language has to be learned
- Muskwalker 3mo agoTrue, though I think the point they're aiming at is that symbols like [new driver mark] contrast with literal pictograms like [symbol of person in wheelchair]. You can infer/guess the meaning of [symbol of person in wheelchair] 'without words' in a way that you can't with [new driver mark], because [symbol of person in wheelchair] is communicating with a picture instead, while [new driver mark] appears to be purely convention. (At least, the article doesn't seem to suggest otherwise.)