Semiotics
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- | '''Semiotics''', '''semiotic studies''', or '''semiology''' is the study of [[sign (semiotics)|signs]] and [[symbol]]s, both individually and grouped into sign systems. It includes the study of how [[semiosis|meaning]] is constructed and [[understanding|understood]]. | + | '''Semiotics''', '''semiotic studies''', or '''semiology''' is the study of [[sign (semiotics)|signs]] and [[symbol]]s, both individually and grouped into sign systems. It includes the study of how [[semiosis|meaning]] is [[constructed]] and [[understanding|understood]]. |
This discipline is frequently seen as having important [[anthropology|anthropological]] dimensions. However, some semioticians focus on the logical dimensions of the science. They examine areas belonging also to the natural sciences - such as how organisms make predictions about, and adapt to, their semiotic niche in the world (see [[semiosis]]). In general, semiotic theories take ''signs'' or sign systems as their object of study. | This discipline is frequently seen as having important [[anthropology|anthropological]] dimensions. However, some semioticians focus on the logical dimensions of the science. They examine areas belonging also to the natural sciences - such as how organisms make predictions about, and adapt to, their semiotic niche in the world (see [[semiosis]]). In general, semiotic theories take ''signs'' or sign systems as their object of study. | ||
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Semiotics, semiotic studies, or semiology is the study of signs and symbols, both individually and grouped into sign systems. It includes the study of how meaning is constructed and understood.
This discipline is frequently seen as having important anthropological dimensions. However, some semioticians focus on the logical dimensions of the science. They examine areas belonging also to the natural sciences - such as how organisms make predictions about, and adapt to, their semiotic niche in the world (see semiosis). In general, semiotic theories take signs or sign systems as their object of study.
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