semiotics
the study of signs and symbols as elements of communicative behavior; the analysis of systems of communication, as language, gestures, or clothing.
a general theory of signs and symbolism, usually divided into the branches of pragmatics, semantics, and syntactics.
Origin of semiotics
1Other words from semiotics
- se·mi·o·ti·cian [see-mee-uh-tish-uhn, sem-ee-, see-mahy-], /ˌsi mi əˈtɪʃ ən, ˌsɛm i-, ˌsi maɪ-/, noun
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How to use semiotics in a sentence
I resisted the then-loud siren song of semiotics at Brown, and studied English instead.
So far, the semiotics out of Copenhagen Chic have split into (melting) poles.
When she became an Islamic revolutionary, the chador was all about powerful semiotics.
To people attuned to semiotics, the ad was a powerful visual device.
The Civilization of Illiteracy | Mihai NadinMoreover, Charles Sanders Peirce considered semiotics as being the logic of vagueness.
The Civilization of Illiteracy | Mihai Nadin
His semiotics is the result of the fundamental pragmatic philosophy he developed.
The Civilization of Illiteracy | Mihai Nadin
British Dictionary definitions for semiotics
semeiotics
/ (ˌsɛmɪˈɒtɪks, ˌsiːmɪ-) /
the study of signs and symbols, esp the relations between written or spoken signs and their referents in the physical world or the world of ideas: See also semantics, syntactics, pragmatics
the scientific study of the symptoms of disease; symptomatology
- Also: semiology, semeiology
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