1930-2940 Vol. 13:3 March 2013 ==================================================================== Abstract This paper is a feministic analysis of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House in Julia Kristeva’s perspective of semiotic and symbolic language. The focus of the paper is to expose the patriarchy and its ruthless exploitation of women. In the light of Kristeva’s semiotic / symbolic language modes appropriate sentences‚ clauses‚ phrases and lexemes have been specified and marked out to uncover the social
Premium Jacques Lacan Structuralism Linguistics
language. Besides the function in giving the texture of reality‚ language is also regarded as a social semiotic system which makes meanings between people in a society. Semiotic code is the study of signs and symbols. Prieto (1966) also defined it as the semiotic structure which based on the mutual knowledge of the sender and receiver. To create and convey meanings between one another‚ semiotic codes can be taken in many forms including languages‚ words‚ music‚ road signs‚ images and body languages
Premium Language Linguistics Semantics
semiological analysis can take place. Semiotics‚ as defined by Fortier “...is the study of signs—those objects by which humans communicate meaning: words‚ images‚ behavior‚ arrangements of many kinds‚ in which a meaning or idea is relayed by a corresponding manifestation we can perceive” (Pg 19). Fortier mentions words as one of the ways humans communicate meaning. When reading a play‚ you are only given the words presented on the page and therefore can only analyze that specific region of semiotics.“Semiological
Premium Semiotics Linguistics Semantics
and psycological analysis and its application in literary criticism has lead to a diverse‚ and sometimes divided‚ debate on languge‚ text‚ art and meaning. Here I will outline some of the major theories that relate to practitioners working in the field of theatre‚ drama and performance and how theories like structuralism‚ phenomonology‚ deconstruction and semiotics are informing the way we look at and discuss theatre in the twenty-first century. Mark Fortier defines semiotics‚ or semiology
Premium Structuralism Jacques Derrida Anton Chekhov
Systemic functional linguistics is the study of the relationship between language and its functions in social setting. In systemic functional linguistics‚ three strata make up the linguistic system: meaning (semantics)‚ sound (phonology) and wording or lexicogrammar (syntax‚ morphology and lexis). Systemic functional linguistics treats grammar as a meaning-making resource and insists on the interrelation of form and meaning. According to Halliday‚ language has developed in response to three kinds
Premium Linguistics Semiotics Semantics
effect drugs can have on an individual‚ referring to semiotics. ‘Semiotics’‚ Reference!!!!!! according to the Cambridge Dictionary is the study of signs and symbols‚ and what they mean‚ and how they are used. When applied to theatre‚ semiotics is the study of the sign-systems (Reference!!!) within theatre‚ such as lighting‚ set‚ costume‚ props‚ and dialogue and how these portray meaning in the performance and how they do this. I am going to analysis ‘Trainspotting’ ‚ which is a
Premium Light
connotations: for instance‚ sexual connotations. ’Is there any such thing as a single entendre?’ quipped the comic actor Kenneth Williams (we all know that ’a thing is a phallic symbol if it’s longer than it’s wide’‚ as the singer Melanie put it). In semiotics‚ denotation and connotation are terms describing the relationship between the signifier and its signified‚ and an analytic distinction is made between two types of signifieds: a denotative signified and a connotative signified. Meaning includes both
Premium Semiotics Denotation
discovering self purpose‚ the story-telling elements repeatedly draw a relation between life now in modern days and growing up in America between the 1920’s and the 1960’s. By analysing the albums artwork with its lyrical content its apparent that a semiotic relationship exist within the albums artwork. The following discussion intends to demonstrate how individual codes help illustrate to the audience the albums concept of anxiety and self-purpose through the artworks characters‚ framing‚ colours‚
Premium World War II
G NS‚ IN F O R M A T I O N‚ N O R MS A ND SYST E MS Ronald Stamper School of Management Studies University of Twente POBox 217‚ 7500 AE Enschede The Netherlands Tel: +31.53.894038 Fax: +31.53.339885 email: r.k.stamper@sms.utwente.nl In The Semiotics of the Workplace‚ edited by B. Holmqvist and P.B. Andersen in 1995‚ (c) 1994 Ronald Keith Stamper. All rights reserved. Signs‚ Information‚ Norms and Systems Ronald Stamper The motivation behind the work reported here has been practical since
Premium Sociology Syntax Meaning of life
Semiotic Identity by Farhad Jamalpur Semiotics is the study of signs and symbols and their meaning and use. It is also defined in some dictionaries as "semantics". But semiotics is not merely about analyzing linguistic meaning; it can also deal with many concepts such as casual speech‚ commercial advertisements‚ gender relations‚ and social hierarchy. Such cultural phenomena can be studied under a microscope. Semiotic analysis can provide a fresh perspective that permits the discovery of vague
Premium Semiotics Linguistics Semantics