The Semiotics of Culture and Language
The Semiotics of Culture and Language

Author: Robin P. Fawcett

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2015-12-17

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 147424713X

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Semiotics - the study of the general principles of signs and sign systems – is crucial to an understanding of human nature, both social and psychological. The sign systems that we use for interaction with other living beings determine our potential for thought and social action, and language is central among them. It is the implicit claim of this two-volume work that linguistics has something very specific to give to semiotics, and many would further claim that relational network models of language in particular, i.e. systematic and stratificational linguistics, have a fundamental contribution to make.

Semiotics of Culture and Language: Language as social semiotic
Semiotics of Culture and Language: Language as social semiotic

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Published: 1984

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 9781474285735

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"Semiotics - the study of the general principles of signs and sign systems - is crucial to an understanding of human nature, both social and psychological. The sign systems that we use for interaction with other living beings determine our potential for thought and social action, and language is central among them. It is the implicit claim of this two-volume work that linguistics has something very specific to give to semiotics, and many would further claim that relational network models of language in particular, i.e. systematic and stratificational linguistics, have a fundamental contribution to make."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

The Semiotics of Culture and Language
The Semiotics of Culture and Language

Author: Robin P. Fawcett

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2015-12-17

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1474247156

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Semiotics - the study of the general principles of signs and sign systems – is crucial to an understanding of human nature, both social and psychological. The sign systems that we use for interaction with others determine our potential for thought and social action, and language is central among them. It is the implicit claim of this two-volume work that linguistics has something very specific to give to semiotics, and many would further claim that relational network models of language in particular, i.e. systematic and stratificational linguistics, have a fundamental contribution to make.

Language in Culture
Language in Culture

Author: Michael Silverstein

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2023-01-31

Total Pages: 371

ISBN-13: 1009198831

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Shows how identities, cultural categories and social groupings are forged semiotically, via dynamic, more or less subtle discursive rituals.

The Semiotics of Culture and Language
The Semiotics of Culture and Language

Author: Robin P. Fawcett

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781474285728

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"Semiotics - the study of the general principles of signs and sign systems - is crucial to an understanding of human nature, both social and psychological. The sign systems that we use for interaction with others determine our potential for thought and social action, and language is central among them. It is the implicit claim of this two-volume work that linguistics has something very specific to give to semiotics, and many would further claim that relational network models of language in particular, i.e. systematic and stratificational linguistics, have a fundamental contribution to make."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Social Semiotics for a Complex World
Social Semiotics for a Complex World

Author: Bob Hodge

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2016-11-02

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 0745696244

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Social semiotics reveals language's social meaning – its structures, processes, conditions and effects – in all social contexts, across all media and modes of discourse. This important new book uses social semiotics as a one-stop shop to analyse language and social meaning, enhancing linguistics with a sociological imagination. Social Semiotics for a Complex World develops ideas, frameworks and strategies for better understanding key problems and issues involving language and social action in today's hyper-complex world driven by globalization and new media. Its semiotic basis incorporates insights from various schools of linguistics (such as cognitive linguistics, critical discourse analysis and sociolinguistics) as well as from sociology, anthropology, philosophy, psychology and literary studies. It employs a multi-modal perspective to follow meaning across all modes of language and media, and a multi-scalar approach that ranges between databases and one-word slogans, the local and global, with examples from English, Chinese and Spanish. Social semiotics analyses twists and turns of meanings big and small in complex contexts. This book uses semiotic principles to build a powerful, flexible analytic toolkit which will be invaluable for students across the humanities and social sciences.