Semiotics
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Semiotics![]() ![]() Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Semeiology \Se`mei*ol"o*gy\ (s[=e]`m[-e]*[o^]l"[-o]*j[y^] or s[=e]`m[-i]*[o^]l"[-o]*j[y^]), or Semiology \Se`mi*ol"o*gy\ (s[e^]m`[-e]*[o^]l"[-o]*j[y^]), n. [Gr. shmei^on a mark, a sign + -logy.] The study of signs as an element of communication; the analysis of systems of communication; -- also called semiotics. Specifically: (a) (Med.) The science of the signs or symptoms of disease; symptomatology. (b) The art of using signs in signaling. [1913 Webster] Semeiotic Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Semeiotics \Se`mei*ot"ics\ (s[=e]`m[-i]*[o^]t"[i^]ks), or
Semiotics \Se`mi*ot"ics\, n.
1. The study of signs as an element of communication; the
analysis of systems of communication; -- also called
semiology.
[PJC]
2. a theory of signs and symbols, including as branches
semantics, pragmatics and syntactics. --[RHUD]
[PJC]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Semiotics \Se`mi*ot"ics\, n. Same as Semeiotics. [1913 Webster] Source: WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
semiotics
n 1: (philosophy) a philosophical theory of the functions of
signs and symbols [syn: semiotics, semiology]
Matching Word(s) Semiotic Semeiotics semiotic
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