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See the t-shirt below in the Related Links, and then read the following answer:

As with the popular and oft copied/parodied "I <3 NY" shirt, the heart in this T-shirt design IS a transitive pictograph verbalization. It is a PICTOGRAPH by virtue of definition: "A picture representing a word or idea" (American Heritage Dictionary). It's a VERBALIZATION because it's meant to be spoken; it is linguistically functional and not simply a written icon. Finally, it's TRANSITIVE in the sense that a different, albeit related, reading is commonly used ("love") in lieu of what would be its literal reading ("heart").

So spoken aloud, the design would read, "I love transitive pictograph verbalizations"!

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