semiotics

Semiotics — Semiotics, semiotic studies, or semiology is the study of sign processes (semiosis), or signification and communication, signs and symbols, both individually and grouped into sign systems. It includes the study of how meaning is constructed and… …   Wikipedia

semiotics — noun семиотика …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

semiotics — 1> семиотика …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

semiotics — semiotician /see mee euh tish euhn, sem ee , see muy /, n. /see mee ot iks, sem ee , see muy /, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. the study of signs and symbols as elements of communicative behavior; the analysis of systems of communication, as… …   Universalium

semiotics — Semeiology Se mei*ol o*gy (s[=e] m[ e]*[o^]l [ o]*j[y^] or s[=e] m[ i]*[o^]l [ o]*j[y^]), or Semiology Se mi*ol o*gy (s[e^]m [ e]*[o^]l [ o]*j[y^]), n. [Gr. shmei^on a mark, a sign + logy.] The study of signs as an element of communication; the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

semiotics — or semiotic noun (plural semiotics) Etymology: Greek sēmeiōtikos observant of signs, from sēmeiousthai to interpret signs, from sēmeion sign, from sēma sign Date: 1880 a general philosophical theory of signs and symbols that deals especially with …   New Collegiate Dictionary

semiotics — The general study of symbolic systems, including language. The subject is traditionally divided into three areas: syntax, or the abstract study of the signs and their interrelations; semantics, or the study of the relation between the signs and… …   Philosophy dictionary

Semiotics — Semeiotics Se mei*ot ics (s[=e] m[ i]*[o^]t [i^]ks), or Semiotics Se mi*ot ics, n. 1. The study of signs as an element of communication; the analysis of systems of communication; also called {semiology}. [PJC] 2. a theory of signs and symbols,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Semiotics — Se mi*ot ics, n. Same as {Semeiotics}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

semiotics — noun The study of signs and symbols, especially as means of language or communication. See Also: seme, sememe, semantic, semantics, semasiology, sematic, sematology, semiotic …   Wiktionary