Thesis (PH.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Archaeology - Department Of Egyptology

The determinative definition is problematicSome references define it as logogram other as semogramDeterminatives are signs needed at the end of the word to give the word not only its general meaning , but they are very important to secure the pronunciation of the words as wellWith the absence of the vowels in the Egyptian writing , determinatives played an important role to help the reader to define the pronunciation of the word , because they were originally prototype signs they had a specific pronunciations which were well - known to the people before writing , and then used after the invention of writing to help people for the pronunciation of the words

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