semiotics

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Roland Barthes was a French literary critic who worked in semiotics, the study of signs and symbols, just as Jung did.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 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

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