SEMIOTICS


Meaning of SEMIOTICS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈä-tiks ]

noun

or se·mi·ot·ic -tik

( plural semiotics )

Etymology: Greek sēmeiōtikos observant of signs, from sēmeiousthai to interpret signs, from sēmeion sign, from sēma sign

Date: 1880

: a general philosophical theory of signs and symbols that deals especially with their function in both artificially constructed and natural languages and comprises syntactics, semantics, and pragmatics

• semiotic adjective

• se·mi·o·ti·cian -ə-ˈti-shən noun

• se·mi·ot·i·cist -ˈä-tə-sist noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.