Univ 112 - Semiotics

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what is semiotics

how humans understand the world around them

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sign

something that represents an object that it isn’t

  • any motion, gesture, image, pattern, or event that conveys meaning

  • the foundation of semiotics

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icon

directly resembles the object is

ex: a painting of a apple to rep a apple

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index

connection to what is being conveyed

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symbol

no resemblance to object

  • numbers, alphabets, flags, colors

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signifyer

the sign itself

  • icon, index, symbol