Semiotics 4206-AF02z
1. Range of semiotics. Semiotics in relation to logic and methodology.
Explaining the range and tasks of semiotics. Branches and methods of semiotic research. Revising logical and multiplicity concepts.
2. Signs.
Sign systems vs languages. Messages and texts. Definition of sign and sign classification. Non-verbal signs. Semiotic dyad and triad. How do signs exist? Sign as an object and system. Sign usage. Speech acts.
3. Meaning.
Major concepts of meaning in relation to classes of language expressions. Meaning vs expressing and marking. Denotation and connotation. Meaning procedures. Meaning vs truth.
4. Information.
Communication. Concept of information. Information vs meaning. Informational relations. Typology of messages.
5. Conceptual errors.
Conceptual chaos. Importance of semiotics to the culture of discourse.
6. Semiotics and cybernetics of culture.
Semantic fields. Two types of definition of culture. Inter- and intracultural communication. Culture as generator, medium and semantic filter. Esthetics from the semiotic point of view.
Type of course
Bibliography
Literature
Karl BÜHLER Teoria języka, Universitas, Cracow 2004.
Jacek J. JADACKI Spór o granice języka. Elementy semiotyki logicznej i metodologii, Semper, Warsaw 2002.
Tomasz P. KRZESZOWSKI Angels and devils in hell: Elements of axiology in semantics. Warsaw, Energeia 1997.
Marian MAZUR Cybernetyka i charakter, Aula, Podkowa Leśna 1996.
Winfried NÖTH, Handbook of Semiotics, Indiana University Press, Bloomington & Indianapolis, 1990.
Jerzy PELC Wstęp do semiotyki, WP, Warsaw 1984.
Elżbieta TABAKOWSKA Gramatyka i obrazowanie. Wprowadzenie do językoznawstwa
kognitywnego, PAN Branch in Cracow, Cracow 1995.
Urszula M. ŻEGLEŃ Wprowadzenie do semiotyki teoretycznej i semiotyki kultury, Ed. UMK, Toruń 2000.
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