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Abstract. The main purpose of this paper is to pose a question regarding the term “script” in the grammatological field, in respect of whether accepted referents match up the definition in previous studies. We follow existing definitions, discuss its nature, and test it against a widely known instance, Latin script. We have concluded that what we call by that name is, in many aspects, not integral to be a single “script” in reality. We thus propose an alternative view on its classification and relevance, with some preliminary analysis on this problem.

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