"The New Science of Semiotics" (in process)

Cognitive Semiotics

One of the latest additions to the family of semiotic disciplines is experimental semiotics (ES). The volume under review marks the birth of a direction of semiotics that ought to be followed closely by anyone interested in the emergence and evolution of communication systems. The anthology, previously published as a special issue of the journal Interaction Studies, consists of an introductory article explaining the basic theoretical tenets of ES and seven research papers exemplifying its applications using different methods.

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In this paper we present an overview of semiotics with particular emphasis on those concepts that offer promise to psychologists. We make no pretense that we are able to represent semiotics as that term is always used. We believe that most semioticians would agree, however, that semiotic theory offers the position that a wide variety of problems in modern inquiry, taken from a number of different disciplines, are actually special cases of one general set of problems: What is a sign? How does it work? How can I use it? Once the commonalities among all these inquiries are recognized, a substantial bonus is realized: researchers from a variety of disciplines who adopt a semiotic viewpoint become able to communicate across those disciplines and share valuable insights. We conclude with a series of short reviews of books on semiotics.

1995

In my opinion, modern semiotics cannot be considered as a full-fledged branch of science. There are only some currents in it, which compete for becoming the centerpiece of future semiotics and which, as they hope, will unite most of the scientists dealing with semiotic issues. I describe four such currents, the most prominent in today's practical research, and evaluate their chances of success.

1977

In order to estimate the current situation of teaching materials available in the field of semiotics, we are providing a comparative overview and a worldwide bibliography of introductions and textbooks on general semiotics published within last 50 years, i.e. since the beginning of institutionalization of semiotics. In this category, we have found over 130 original books in 22 languages. Together with the translations of more than 20 of these titles, our bibliography includes publications in 32 languages. Comparing the authors, their theoretical backgrounds and the general frames of the discipline of semiotics in different decades since the 1960s makes it possible to describe a number of predominant tendencies. In the extensive bibliography thus compiled we also include separate lists for existing lexicons and readers of semiotics as additional material not covered in the main discussion. The publication frequency of new titles is growing, with a certain depression having occurred in the 1980s. A leading role of French, Russian and Italian works is demonstrated.

1999

ABSTRACT: Semiotics is a branch of human sciences, which studies the science of signification and representation, involving mainly the phenomena of cognition and communication on living systems. This interconnects somewhat with the study of intelligent systems, where some of the objectives are the study of the phenomena of cognition and communication, but now explicitly under the scope of artificial systems.

SIG/FIS Proceedings, 1981

Information Science has been described as being in the preparadigm, prescientific state. However, several investigators have adopted a very powerful point-of-view, a total scientific paradigm. Its background, structure, use, and applications are examined in this paper. The Semiotic Paradigm contains a language, theory, experimental methodology, point-of-view, models, decisions on important problems, etc. and is a complete Weltanschauung. Among several other partial paradigms that have recently been suggested as candidate paradigms for information science, only the Semiotic Paradigm stands as a complete, scientific paradigm, and it stands alone where scientific paradigms really count --in its productivity of further knowledge, theories, experiments, and even applications.