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semiosis|siːmɪˈəʊsɪs| Also semeiosis. [a. Gr. σηµείωσις sign, inference from a sign.] The process whereby something functions as a sign (see also quots. 1971 and 1981).
c1907C. S. Peirce Coll. Papers (1934) V. iii. i. 332 It is important to understand what I mean by semiosis. All dynamical action..either takes place between two subjects..or..is a resultant of such actions between pairs. But by ‘semiosis’ I mean, on the contrary, an action, or influence, which is, or involves, a coöperation of three subjects, such as a sign, its object, and its interpretant. 1938A. Huxley Let. 18 Nov. (1969) 438 It interests me a lot and has set me reading along a number of interesting lines—Carnap, Neurath, Morris and Korzybski on the problems of semiosis. 1963J. Wiesenfarth H. James v. 97 The novel..is, rather, a study in logic and semiosis. 1971Heath & Prendergast tr. J. Kristeva in Signs of Times 3 What we call semeiosis is not the signifying activity in all its complexity, but only one of the signifying acts such as the structure of judgement allows it to filter through. 1981M. Warner Joan of Arc i. i. 28 Elements of mimesis..cling to..accounts of her..death, while..an accretion of semiosis, the search for inner meaning, covers their story. |