semiotics
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Marcel Danesi is Professor Emeritus of linguistic anthropology and semiotics at the University of Toronto.
From Salon • Jul. 18, 2023
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
In “Negroland,” Jefferson wrote about the semiotics of self-presentation — how an unmoisturized elbow or knee signaled deficiency, while a closet full of occasion-specific pocketbooks stood for irreproachable preparedness.
From New York Times • Apr. 12, 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
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