Semiotic

Definition

semiotics /semi'ɒtks/ n [sing v ] လကၡဏာ၊ သေကၤတ ေလ့လာမႈ။ သေကၤတအဆိုဝါဒ။ semiotic adj

Examples

1. ‘Those finding the answer in rhetoric (sound as oratorical figures) or semiotics (sound as signs) will alike pick on the more graphic elements in his music.’
2. ‘It is hardly surprising then that so many of them should be fascinated by semiotics - the signs and symbols by which we order our lives.’
3. ‘Not all of which moves towards discursive literacy
4. nor is it meant to be captured solely by semiotics of language and linguistic systems.’
5. ‘In common with socio-linguistics
6. social semiotics assumes that language varies with social context
7. and also assumes that the reader of any narrative system plays an active part in its interpretation.’
8. ‘This notion is in keeping with research in semiotics which demonstrates how signs
9. such as words
10. pictures
11. gestures
12. and so forth
13. make meaning.’
14. ‘The distinctions between these two domains are frequently contested and debated in the realms of semiotics
15. structuralism
16. poetics
17. and aesthetics.’
18. ‘Structuralism and semiotics thought more about the technicalities of linguistic and literary forms.’
19. ‘Studies in film semiotics will have us know that film itself functions as a cultural language
20. one that provides a distinct visual vocabulary upon which viewers will call to make sense of the fragmented culture in which they live.’
21. ‘The act of signifying is signification
22. a term that is often used synonymously with ‘meaning’ and ‘sense’
23. and occurs in the discussions of students of semantics and semiotics.’
24. ‘Anyway
25. in semiotics a sign is an abstract unit of social meaning.’
26. ‘Structuralism
27. semiotics
28. and later
29. psychoanalysis were all ransacked for help in understanding how a film achieved its effects.’
30. ‘Issues of race
31. gender
32. freedom
33. desire
34. language
35. mythology
36. sexuality
37. signs
38. slavery
39. psychology
40. and power persisted in his fictions.’
41. ‘Art historical practices driven by developments in literary criticism
42. studies of gender
43. and ethnicity
44. to name but a few areas of concern
45. are moves in this direction.’
46. ‘Tartu University is known for work in linguistics and semiotics.’
47. ‘Endless books on the cinema - whether they propounded auteur theory or semiotics or cultural studies - forsook the intelligent general reader for arcane interpretation.’
48. ‘The successors to Frazerism and ritualism have been principally two: structuralism and semiotics.’
49. ‘Language-based approaches
50. such as semiotics
51. and post-structuralism
52. are not vision-based.’
53. ‘Post-structuralism is just classical sceptical thought re-cast in the language of semiotics
54. Ursula.’
55. ‘She combines the methods of history
56. semantics
57. and semiotics to show how and why the formulae were first adopted in organic chemistry.’
58. ‘I have always been concerned with semiotics - the study of signs and symbols as communication - and how so many persons fail to see how misleading certain subtle methods can be in deceiving them.’