semiotics

Example Sentences

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I’ve spent entire evenings Googling ranch dressing varietals, decoding the semiotics of suburban chain restaurant menus, pondering the subtle thrill of foods that jiggle.

From Salon • May 26, 2025

“For 30 years, Owens’s creations … have been as much about semiotics as status,” Haramis writes.

From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2024

If you’re interested in the semiotics of Ultravox or the quickest route to Malibu, you’re in for a great time.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2023

Saussure held that there were structural laws that define how linguistic signification operated; the semiotics of Saussure and Pierce were the means of discovering these laws.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

A degree in semiotics was not required to see that I was in the presence of an ironist.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann