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Definition of Semiotics

1. Noun. (philosophy) a philosophical theory of the functions of signs and symbols.

Definition of Semiotics

1. n. Same as Semeiotics.

Definition of Semiotics

1. Noun. The study of signs and symbols, especially as means of language or communication. ¹

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Definition of Semiotics

1. semiotic [n] - See also: semiotic

Medical Definition of Semiotics

1. 1. The general philosophical theory of signs and symbols in communication, having three branches: syntactics, semantics, and pragmatics. 2. Obsolete term for symptomatology. Origin: see semiotic (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Semiotics

Literary usage of Semiotics

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Outlines of Analogical Philosophy: Being a Primary View of the Principles by George Field (1839)
"So much for semiotics as the science of simple signs, or points, accents, and Letters. But Words, which are the subject of Grammar, are compound signs also, ..."

2. A Mind AT Work: We are Our Questionsby Mercedes Vilanova, Mihai Nadin, Frederic Chordá by Mercedes Vilanova, Mihai Nadin, Frederic Chordá (2003)
"... We don't have to join the culture of illiteracy, but it helps to understand it A Positive Pragmatist Beyond Literacy: semiotics and the Civilization of ..."

3. Useful Knowledge: The American Philosophical Society Millennium Program by Alexander G. Bearn, American Philosophical Society (1999)
"Peirce's major work on semiotics (A System of Logic, Considered as Semiotic) remained unfinished at his death in 1914. Ferdinand de Saussure, Cours de ..."

4. Useful Knowledge: The American Philosophical Society Millennium Program by Alexander G. Bearn, American Philosophical Society (1999)
"Peirce's major work on semiotics (A System of Logic, Considered as Semiotic) remained unfinished at his death in 1914. Ferdinand de Saussure, Cours de ..."

5. Soper's Select Speaker: Containing Choicest Orations, Humorous, Dramatic and by Henry Marlin Soper, Soper School of Oratory (1901)
"Aesthetics, then, is "given the cause to find the effect," while semiotics is "given the effect to find the cause," and both together constitute the ..."

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