Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics
cursive writing [Lat. cursiva (littera) ‘running script’]
A form of writing that connects one character with the following one.
In scripts written from left to right (e.g. Latin, Greek, Armenian, Cyrillic), a form of writing that leans towards the right. Cursive characters are used in linguistic texts to denote expressions in the object language (
object language vs meta language) as, for example, in this dictionary. In Chinese, cursive denotes a quick writing style, in which individual marks—depending on personal style and writing speed—are consolidated into a cursive writing.
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