semiology
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"Those boots mean something that is very deeply rooted in Texas semiology," Friedman says, referring to the study of signs and their interpretations.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
And in the semiology of clothing, a dress often suggests “woman.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
At that time I was in graduate school, preparing my dissertation in the semiology of cinema.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2023
What if Barthes — an authority on semiology, the study of signs and symbols — had discovered a linguistic secret of immense power, one for which people would kill?
From Washington Post ● Aug. 22, 2017
That manufactured importance is another way of deflecting criticism; semiology and sociology aren’t a matter of aesthetics.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 21, 2014
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