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Expand Up @@ -19,15 +19,15 @@ \section{Allograph}
When graphs are analyzed as variants of a grapheme, they are known as \emph{allographs}.}
The Maya script uses a lot of allographs.
For example, the syllable \syllable{u} can be written in many ways all having the same meaning.
See \ref{fig:terminology-grapheme-u-allographs} for a selection of allographs.
See~\ref{fig:terminology-grapheme-u-allographs} for a selection of allographs.
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth,keepaspectratio]{img/grapheme-u-allographs}
\captionof{figure}{Some allographs of the grapheme \grapheme{u}}
\label{fig:terminology-grapheme-u-allographs}
\end{center}

\section{Glyph and glyph block}
The term \emph{Hieroglyph} or \emph{glyph} is not an exact term.
The term \emph{hieroglyph} or \emph{glyph} is not an exact term.
In epigraphic literature, a \emph{glyph} is considered to be a group of one or more graphemes.
They can represent a syllable, single words or even a whole phrase
(\cite[1]{bricker1986}, (\cite[23]{macrilooper2003})).
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researchers followed the assumption that graphemes of a script are considered the same if
they resemble each other in more features than either resembles any other.
The convenient way to do this is the segmentation of texts into characters and the subsequent
verification by means of distribution analyses, which establishes the distribution and
verification by means of distribution analyzes, which establishes the distribution and
connection among one another and confirms identification.
If there is no linguistic content control (character interpretation),
however, there is the uncertainty that graphemes and
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