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The infinite use of finite elements is a feature which in relation to media in general has been referred to as 'semiotic economy'. The structural feature of double articulation within a semiotic ...

Domain: Language; Category: General language

Greimas introduced the semiotic square as a means of mapping the logical conjunctions and disjunctions relating key semantic features in a text. If we begin by drawing a horizontal line linking two ...

Domain: Language; Category: General language

Peirce's triad is a semiotic triangle; other semiotic triangles can also be found. The most common alternative changes only the unfamiliar Peircean terms, and consists of the sign vehicle, the sense ...

Domain: Language; Category: General language

Loosely defined as 'the study of signs' or 'the theory of signs', what Saussure called 'semiology' was: 'a science which studies the role of signs as part of social life'. Saussure's use of the term ...

Domain: Language; Category: General language

Within transmission models of communication, these terms are used to refer to the participants in acts of communication (communication being presented as a linear process of 'sending' 'messages' to ...

Domain: Language; Category: General language

In some semiotic triangles, this refers to the sense made of the sign (what Peirce called the interpretant).

Domain: Language; Category: General language

A sign is a meaningful unit which is interpreted as 'standing for' something other than itself. Signs are found in the physical form of words, images, sounds, acts or objects (this physical form is ...

Domain: Language; Category: General language

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