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Semiotics and Society
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This article introduced some of the basic concepts that can be used in applied semiotic analysis and discussed the work of some prominent semioticians, such as Ferdinande de Saussure, Charles Sander Peirce, Umberto Eco, and Roland Barthes.Abstract:
This essay introduces some of the basic concepts that can be used in applied semiotic analysis and discusses the work of some prominent semioticians, such as Ferdinande de Saussure, Charles Sander Peirce, Umberto Eco, and Roland Barthes. Barthes’ book Mythologies is identified as a seminal text in applied semiotic analysis. Marshall McLuhan’s book The Mechanical Bride is discussed as being semiotic in nature, though he doesn’t use the term. The utility of semiotics utility in studying teeth, facial expression and other aspects of people watching and communication is also dealt with.read more
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A Theory of Semiotics
TL;DR: A general survey of semiotic and factual statements can be found in this paper, where the authors define two definitions of semiotics: inference and signification, the lower threshold and the upper threshold.
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Universe of the Mind: A Semiotic Theory of Culture
TL;DR: Universe of the Mind as discussed by the authors is a seminal work in cultural semiotics, focusing on the meaning and text, culture, and history of the semiotic space or intellectual world.
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Peirce's Theory of Signs
TL;DR: In this article, the development of Peirce's semeiotic and final causation is discussed, as well as the structure of objectivity in the context of sign taxa.
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