Possible formats for the e-RockArtGlossary
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so the content is not yet important!!!
At this moment there is a preference to use the Dutch-English
dictionary method (including some function gotten from the Oxford dictionary).
Like IFRAO Rock Art glossary
anthrophomorph - an object or picture providing adequate visual
information to most contemporary humans as resembling human form
Like Oxford dictionary
anthrophomorph - from greek anthropo -- man, or human, and morph,
meaning human-shaped. 1. Human-shaped mark or motif. No implication is
intended of any meaning the shape may have, so an anthropomorphic
(1) may or may not represent or depict a human. 2. Mark or motif thought
to represent a human; use intended to sound precise or scientific. 3. Approximately
human- shaped mark or motif thought NOT to represent or depict a human,
because it differs from comparable items that are thought to represent
or depict humans. e.g. having an animal's head or tail. 4. An object or
picture providing adequate visual information to most contemporary humans
as resembling human form [IFRAO]
Like Dutch-English dictionary (van Daalen) (pronunciation
rules)
anthrophomorph ('an(t)-thr&-p&-"morf)
<from greek anthropo -- man, or human, and morph, meaning
human-shaped> 0.1. <noun> Human-shaped mark or motif. No implication
is intended of any meaning the shape
may have, so an anthropomorphic (0.1) may or may not represent or depict
a human [???]. 0.2. <noun> Mark or
motif thought to represent a human; use intended to sound precise or
scientific [???]. 0.3. <noun>
Approximately human-shaped mark or motif thought not to represent or
depict a human, because it differs from
comparable items that are thought to represent or depict humans. e.g.
having an animal's head or tail [???]. 0.4.
<noun> An object or picture providing adequate visual information
to most contemporary humans as resembling
human form [IFRAO] ¶ 3.1 making an ~ to
make an anthrophomorphic object <this is just an example!>
Meaning of the x.y (like 3.1) examples:
x.y means combining a grammatical word type 'x' with
an earlier description 0.y
x can be: a noun (x=1), an adjective (x=2), a verb (x=3), a pronoun
(x=4), an adverb (x=5), a preposition (x=6), a determinator (x=7),
a conjunction (x=8)