The Norwegian writer Jan Kjærstads novel Tegn til kjærlighet (Symbols to love -my translation) concerns finding magical signs of language, that leads to the magical power of love. Karen Wagner answers this in her essay, contextualizing Kjærstads novel in the age of the Internet.
More of Wagner's writings on hieroglyphs: http://www.afsnitp.dk/aktuelt/12/hieroglyffernesg.html