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14Are Signs the Instruments?In J. Deely L. Sbrocchi (ed.), Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Semiotic Society of America, . pp. 683-694. 2008.
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28Translation as semiotic mediationSign Systems Studies 40 (3/4): 279-298. 2012.Translation, according to Charles S. Peirce, is semiotic mediation. In sign processes in general, the sign mediates between the object, which it represents, and its interpretant, the idea it evokes, the interpretation it creates, or the action it causes. To what extent does the way a translator mediates correspond to what a sign does in semiosis? The paper inquires into the parallels between the agency of the sign in semiosis and the agency of the interpreter (and translator) in translation. It …Read more
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566Representations of imaginary, nonexistent, or nonfigurative objectsCognitio 7 (2): 277-291. 2006.According to the logical positivists, signs (words and pictures) of imaginary beings have no referent (Goodman). The semiotic theory behind this assumption is dualistic and Cartesian: signs vs. nonsigns as well as the mental vs. the material world are in fundamental opposition. Peirce’s semiotics is based on the premise of the sign as a mediator between such opposites: signs do not refer to referents, they represent objects to a mind, but the object of a sign can be existent or nonexistent, a fe…Read more
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3306Yuri Lotman on metaphors and culture as self-referential semiospheresSemiotica 2006 (161): 249-263. 2006.
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23Peircean Semiotics in the Study of Iconicity in LanguageTransactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 35 (3). 1999.
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32Handbook of SemioticsIndiana University Press. 1990.History and Classics of Modern Semiotics -- Sign and Meaning -- Semiotics, Code, and the Semiotic Field -- Language and Language-Based Codes -- From Structuralism to Text Semiotics: Schools and Major Figures -- Text Semiotics: The Field -- Nonverbal Communication -- Aesthetics and Visual Communication.
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17The Semiotics of Learning New WordsJournal of Philosophy of Education 48 (3): 446-456. 2014.In several of his papers, Charles S. Peirce illustrates processes of interpreting and understanding signs by examples from second language vocabulary teaching and learning. The insights conveyed by means of these little pedagogical scenarios are not meant as contributions to the psychology of second language learning, but they aim at elucidating fundamental semiotic implications of knowledge acquisition in general. Peirce's semiotic premise that a well-understood sign is one that represents an o…Read more
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2433Ecosemiotics and the semiotics of natureSign Systems Studies 29 (1): 219-234. 2001.Ecosemiotics is the study of sign processes (semioses) in relation to the natural environment in which they occur. The paper examines the cultural, biological, and evolutionary dimensions of ecosemioses on the basis of C. S. Peirce's theory of continuity between matter and mind and investigates the ecosemiotic dimensions of natural signs. Ecosemiotics and the semiotics of nature are distinguished from pansemiotism, and the coevolution of sign processes with their natural enviromnent is discussed…Read more
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