Sign (semiotics)

About: Sign (semiotics) is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 4080 publications have been published within this topic receiving 70333 citations. The topic is also known as: semiotic sign.

Konsep lanskap linguistik pada papan nama jalan kerajaan (râjamârga): studi kasus di kota yogyakarta

Abstract: Linguistic landscape (LL) points to linguistic objects that signify the public space. CITATION Eli061 \t \l 1033 (Ben-Rafael, Shohamy, et al. 2006) . This concept addresses a number of topics such as social, political, cultural, until the economy. Through the study of LL, the author explored the main streets ( râjamârga ) of the Yogyakarta Palace, from its function as the identification of place names or informational function, and for messages or symbolic function. In order to achieve comprehensive results, author used qualitative approach through analysis visual data (photography) of sign of street names. The finding is confirmed two functions of linguistic landscapes: a) sign of street names as informational functions such as, to refer the place as well as the social space of Javanese which depicted an ethnic group; the orthographic of hanacaraka asserted language boundary; b) sign of street names as symbolic functions e.g. contained a ton of meaning (ccording to philosophy Paraning Dumadi ), delineated Javanese as group identity, Javanese as their own indigenous language, linked between the power of government and place naming, even related to economic purpose through attract tourists visit Yogyakarta.

Catalysis and Scaffolding in Semiosis

Abstract: We analyze the concepts of semiotic catalysis (or semiocatalysis) and semiotic scaffolding (or semioscaffolding) in the framework of general semiotics. Semiotic catalysis (as different from chemical catalysis) concerns the qualitative aspects of catalysis. In this sense, signs are catalysts for sign processes or semiosis. Life is catalytically closed namely in the sense of semiotic catalysis. Semiosis produces scaffolding which is the way to keep and canalize communicational processes. Catalytic and scaffolding functions of signs have an important role in semiotic dynamics.

Expectation as Narrative Strategy in Richard Wagner's Parsifal

Abstract: The story of Parsifal is presented in two manners: through action and through narrative. Using the formalist theories of Vladimir Propp, the overall narrative is articulated in three narrative episodes. This thesis interprets the structure of narrative episodes in Parsifal on the basis of expectation. Propp's theory of functions provides labels for an interpretive analysis. Levi-Strauss' reconstruction of Propp's functions into paired structures identifies key points in the drama as moments of "functional" saturation. This "functional" saturation coincides with Wagner's practice of Leitmotivic saturation. The semiotic theories of Charles Sanders Peirce, specifically his notion of sign, clarify the dense accumulation of meanings accrued by the Leitmotifs. Finally, Parsifal, as a "quest" for the unobtainable object, fits into the matrix of desire as formulated in the theories of Jacques Lacan.

Exploring Peirce’s speculative grammar: The immediate object of a sign

Abstract: The paper argues against what I call the “Fregean interpretation” of Peirce’s distinction between the immediate and the dynamic object of a sign, according to which Peirce’s dynamic object is akin to Frege’s Bedeutung , while Peirce’s immediate object is akin to Frege’s Sinn . After having exposed the Fregean interpretation, I briefly reconstruct the genesis of Peirce’s notion of immediate object in his semiotic writings of the years 1904–1909 and defend the view that, according to Peirce, only propositions have immediate objects. Includes: Comment by Helmut Pape (pp. 416–418).

The construction of gender identity in India through television advertisements: A semiotic analysis

Abstract: This study investigates how television advertisements in India construct gender identity Advertisements that appeared during popular Indian television serials were obtained from a local video rental outlet and recorded on a weekly basis for a period of six months A representative sample was then screened and used for analysis As sign systems are involved in the construction of meaning (Chandler, 2001) - and advertising makes use of signs to convey its message (Bezuidenhout, 1998), this study employed semiotics as a method for analysing the ideological messages of Indian television advertisements - as semiotics is concerned with the study of signs The proposed structure of the semiotic analysis in this study, is guided by Barthes (1977) essay ""The Rhetoric of the image"" All the advertisements involving domesticity emphasised the traditional role of women - as a wife and mother Through the ideologically constructed messages, the advertisements not only valorised and affirmed the traditional role of Indian women but also made the domestic role of the woman appear natural to the viewers (Roy, 1998) This study is one of the first major studies of the nexus between the media, and the construction of gender-identity in India today Therefore, it will not only be significant to policy makers but also to educators who could use it as a basis for developing and implementing a media literacy program, aimed at developing students' critical thinking and media literacy skills to enable their capacity to evaluate the role and power of the media in lives