Questions tagged [semiotics]

Semiotics is the study of signs and symbols, including both linguistic and non-linguistic signs. The latter is off topic on this site.

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What is an "open" and a "closed" system of signs through semiotics' lens?

I'm new, and this is my first time asking a question here. While I was watching a video about semiotics, I heard the speaker (from the video) said “semiotics is the study of sings from systems of any order”. My question is: what does he mean by…
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Is there an accepted symbol for the word or concept "symbol"?

Is there a standard symbol that could be used to indicate that an item in a text is to be considered as a symbol or graphic component rather than a semantic component? For example: to indicate that ⺘U+2E98 CJK RADICAL HAND is a symbol [CJK Radicals…
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Semiotics & identity research

I'm studying the use of semiotics and the link to identity, I wondered if anyone could point me towards any research they knew of? I'm already reading The Semiotic Stance, Paul Kockelman 2005 & his later work on identities. Any help would be…
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