Semiotics

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Semiotics \Se`mi*ot"ics\, n.
     Same as {Semeiotics}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  semiotics
       n : (philosophy) a philosophical theory of the functions of
           signs and symbols