Explore Semiotic through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Semiotic meaning
- Of or relating to semiotics or to semantics.
- symptomalogical (of or relating to the signs or symptoms of diseases)
Synonyms of Semiotic
Using Semiotic
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or relating to semiotics or to semantics. | symptomalogical (of or relating to the signs or symptoms of diseases)
- Useful related words include: semiotical, philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory.
- In the example corpus, semiotic often appears in combinations such as: the semiotic, and semiotic, of semiotic.
Context around Semiotic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Semiotic
- In this selection, "semiotic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, term, cognitive, signs, processes, study and analysis stand out and add context to how "semiotic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include academics a semiotic journal and as formal semiotic peirce sought. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "semiotic" sits close to words such as abbeys, abundances and aced, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with semiotic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He called it both semiotic and semeiotic. (7 words)
Semiotic analysis is something we all do without even knowing what it is. (13 words)
Eco co-founded Versus: Quaderni di studi semiotici (known as VS among Italian academics), a semiotic journal. (17 words)
And if you don’t have the mastery of semiotic and literary theory, years of Bible study and immersion in medieval aesthetics that will enable you to make sense of a book by a man who had exactly that at his back, then perhaps … don’t try? (47 words)
A philosophy of logic, grounded in his categories and semiotic, can be extracted from Peirce's writings and, along with Peirce's logical work more generally, is exposited and defended in Hilary Putnam (1982); the Introduction in Nathan Houser et al. (41 words)
In his posthumously published book, 'Rhythmic Proportions in Early Medieval Ecclesiastical Chant' (Brill, 1958), where the term 'semiotic' is used, tables are presented of neumes of different notational styles once used in various parts of Europe (e. (37 words)
And if you don’t have the mastery of semiotic and literary theory, years of Bible study and immersion in medieval aesthetics that will enable you to make sense of a book by a man who had exactly that at his back, then perhaps … don’t try? (47 words)
Example sentences (20)
Branches Semiotics has sprouted subfields including, but not limited to, the following: * Biosemiotics : the study of semiotic processes at all levels of biology, or a semiotic study of living systems (e.
Semiotic analysis is something we all do without even knowing what it is.
And if you don’t have the mastery of semiotic and literary theory, years of Bible study and immersion in medieval aesthetics that will enable you to make sense of a book by a man who had exactly that at his back, then perhaps … don’t try?
Academic study Sami shaman with his drum Cognitive, semiotic, hermeneutic approaches As mentioned, a (debated) approach explains the etymology of the word "shaman" as meaning "one who knows".
After abjecting the mother, subjects retain an unconscious fascination with the semiotic, desiring to reunite with the mother, while at the same time fearing the loss of identity that accompanies it.
A philosophy of logic, grounded in his categories and semiotic, can be extracted from Peirce's writings and, along with Peirce's logical work more generally, is exposited and defended in Hilary Putnam (1982); the Introduction in Nathan Houser et al.
As structuralist linguistics gave way to a post-structuralist philosophy of language which denied the scientific ambitions of the general theory of signs, semiotic literary criticism became more playful and less systematic in its ambitions.
Because female children continue to identify to some degree with the mother figure, they are especially likely to retain a close connection to the semiotic.
Both intrascenic and extrascenic communication must work in order for the audience to read the semiotic signs of the actor’s performance.
Charles W. Morris followed Peirce in using the term "semiotic" and in extending the discipline beyond human communication to animal learning and use of signals.
Communication (from Latin commūnicāre, meaning "to share" citation ) is the act of conveying intended meanings from one entity or group to another through the use of mutually understood signs and semiotic rules.
Eco co-founded Versus: Quaderni di studi semiotici (known as VS among Italian academics), a semiotic journal.
He called it both semiotic and semeiotic.
H.L.) from Indiana University Bloomington in recognition of his over fifteen-year association with the university's Research Center for Language and Semiotic Studies.
In Chaosmosis, Guattari proposes an analysis of subjectivity in terms of four dimensions: (1) material, energetic, and semiotic fluxes; (2) concrete and abstract machinic phylums ; (3) virtual universes of value; and (4) finite existential territories.
In general, semiotic theories take signs or sign systems as their object of study: the communication of information in living organisms is covered in biosemiotics (including zoosemiotics ).
In his posthumously published book, 'Rhythmic Proportions in Early Medieval Ecclesiastical Chant' (Brill, 1958), where the term 'semiotic' is used, tables are presented of neumes of different notational styles once used in various parts of Europe (e.
Kristeva departs from Lacan in the idea that even after entering the symbolic, the subject continues to oscillate between the semiotic and the symbolic.
Logic as formal semiotic Peirce sought, through his wide-ranging studies through the decades, formal philosophical ways to articulate thought's processes, and also to explain the workings of science.
Once this shift occurs, the actor becomes a semiotic device communicating a set of signs to the audience.
Common combinations with semiotic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: