Sign Systems Studies and the Semiotic Journals of the World

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kalevi Kull ◽  
Timo Maran
Keyword(s):  
Sign Systems ◽  
The World ◽  
Systems Studies

scholarly journals 50 years of Sign Systems Studies

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 429-434
Author(s):  
From the Editors
Keyword(s):  
Sign Systems ◽  
Systems Studies

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scholarly journals Recent studies on signs: Commentary and perspectives

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 616-650 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen
Keyword(s):  
Special Issue ◽  
Sign Systems ◽  
Key Points ◽  
Systems Studies

In this commentary, I reply to the fourteen papers published in the Sign Systems Studies special issue on Peirce’s Theory of Signs, with a view on connecting some of their central themes and theses and in putting some of the key points in those papers into a wider perspective of Peirce’s logic and philosophy.

scholarly journals Law as a culturally constituted sign-system – A space for interpretation

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-267
Author(s):  
Wagner Anne ◽  
Aleksandra Matulewska ◽  
Le Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Legal Theory ◽  
Social Perceptions ◽  
Legal Traditions ◽  
System A ◽  
Sign Systems ◽  
Sign System ◽  
The World ◽  
Meaning Interpretation

AbstractThe aim of the paper is to discuss legal language systems as culturally constituted sign-systems that are continuously evolving in time and space. To understand messages formulated in legal languages, one needs to realize that law is culture-bound, which in turn means that law reflects society’s mentality, tolerance, knowledge, social perceptions, etc. At the same time, law is a living reality impacted by various global phenomena and other legal systems. Therefore, this legal reality has “divergent potentialities” (Hasegawa, Ko. 2016. “A glance at the dynamics of ‘confluence’ in a legal system – notes on H. Patrick Glenn’s insights concerning Legal Traditions of the World”. In Transnational Legal Theory. Vol. 7/1: 1–8, 3), which enable it to develop in various directions depending on wider social, political and technological contexts. Additionally, when communicating law interlingually and intralingually, one needs to take into account the knowledge of senders and recipients since the degree of commensurability of law depends on the uniformity of interpretation on meanings. When discussing the issues of sign meaning interpretation, the authors will focus on non-decomposable units and fuzzy units. The meaning of such terms is subject to interpretation through the prism of tacit knowledge. Therefore, the interpretation of any culturally constituted sign-system is burdened with some loss of information and meaning deficiency.

scholarly journals Special Announcement

Robotica ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 463-463
Keyword(s):  
Joint Meeting ◽  
International Institute ◽  
General Systems ◽  
The World ◽  
Systems Studies ◽  
World Organisation

SYMPOSIUM ON ROBOTICS – PRESENT AND FUTURECALL FOR PAPERSThe above event will be held on March 24–26, 2002, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) in the context of the joint meeting of the World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics (WOSC) and of the International Institute for General Systems Studies (IIGSS) (12th WOSC Congress and 4th IIGSS Workshop).

scholarly journals Verse as a semiotic system

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 18-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mihhail Lotman
Keyword(s):  
Internal Structure ◽  
Semiotic System ◽  
Sign Systems ◽  
Sign System ◽  
Chess Piece ◽  
Semiotic Systems ◽  
Special Area ◽  
Important Challenge ◽  
Systems Studies ◽  
Modelling System

Poetry is an important challenge for semiotics, and a special area of study for the Tartu-Moscow semiotic school, since the first volume of Sign Systems Studies was Juri Lotman’s monograph Lectures on Structural Poetics (1964). From then on the concept of poetry as one of the secondary modelling systems has evolved, since in relation to poetry, the primary modelling system is natural language. In this paper, the concept of semiotic system has been re-examined and the treatment of primary and secondary semiotic systems has been significantly revised. A semiotic system can be characterized not only by its internal structure and other systems to which it is related, but also by the field upon what it is realized. The latter aspect has gained almost no attention in any treatment of semiotics; the execution of a sign is understood in the spirit of Saussure and Hjelmslev as a material realization of an abstract element (for instance, a chess piece knight can be realized with wood or plastic, but it can also remain purely virtual). At first, distinction is made between language and sign system. Every sign system consists of language and field. There are three different kinds of fields: 1) just a background – footprints on sand are a sign on the background of sand; 2) a material structured field (a football ground or a chess board in the game called Chapayev) and 3) an abstract structured field, which in its turn consists of other fields (for instance, the chess board which consists of 64 fields). Differently from a football ground, a chess board can be a purely virtual one on which virtual pieces are moved (for instance, in case of blindfold or correspondence chess). The field in its turn can be language and one language can use another language as its field. In this case we speak of primary and secondary sign systems. For instance, the prosodic system of language is a field for a verse metre, while the semantic system of language is a field for a narrative.

scholarly journals Projections: Semiotics of culture in Brazil

2001 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 463-477
Author(s):  
Irene Machado
Keyword(s):  
Central Point ◽  
Internal Displacement ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Nature And Culture ◽  
Sign Systems ◽  
The World ◽  
Textual History ◽  
Brazilian Culture ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
The Relationship

Projection is a dialogical mechanism that concerns the relationship among other things in the world or in various systems, both in nature and culture. Instead of isolating these systems, projection creates an ecosystem without bordeline. Projection is a way to comprehend how different cultures can link, enrich and develop one another by understanding the relationship amoung different sign systems. From this central point of semiotics of culture, different cultural traditions can be related to one another by considering the nature of their sign systems. That is why it is that the object of semiotics of culture is not culture but its sign systems. That is why we understand the nature of relationship among sign systems as projection. In this article, we are interested in a particular kind of projection: that one in which the formulations of semiotics of culture of Slavic tradition project themselves onto the Brazilian culture. The conceptual field of Russian semiotics – dialogism, carnivalization, hybridity, border, outsideness, heteroglossia, textuality and modelling semiotic sign systems – projects itself on the equally defining aspects of the semiotic identity of the Brazilian culture. I will refer here to two sets of projections: the concept of textual history, as a possibility to reach internal displacement within the culture, and the notion of semiodiversity prodused by the meeting of different sign systems.

scholarly journals К семиотической интерпретации мифологического образа древа Аал Луук мас в эпосе олонхо

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 1135-1154
Author(s):  
Marianna T. Satanar ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Activity ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Geometric Representation ◽  
Semiotic Analysis ◽  
Epic Model ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
Sign Systems ◽  
Complex Image ◽  
The World

Introduction. Interpretation of sign systems inherent to archaic texts of Olonkho epic remains an important issue within Yakut epic studies. The situation is complicated by the ongoing penetration of network structures into all spheres of human activity in modern society, and requires further systemic studies in the nature of mythological consciousness. The article examines the mythological image of Aal Luuk mas Tree which steadily functions in mythological contexts of the Yakut Olonkho epic. As is known, the ‘pith and marrow’ of any phenomenon can be comprehended only through the study of its formation. So, the work analyzes all stages of the development of the image, starting with the sources proper. Goals. The research aims to identify the sequence of stages in the formation of the mythological image of Aal Luuk mas, determine the model archetype within the ethnic mythopoetic consciousness, and demonstrate modeling and structuring functions thereof as the main generating idea in the Sakha view of the world. Materials and Methods. The work considers mythological views of the Sakha people reflected in Yakut Olonkho epic texts, and employs an interdisciplinary approach that includes various methods of modeling, structural-semiotic analysis, and deduction. Results. The stadial research shows that Olonkho texts contain fragments of mythological cosmogenesis, archaic motifs of the world egg, world sea, elements of zoomorphic space, anthropomorphic characters to have preceded the era of the Tree ― to further shape a complex image of Aal Luuk mas as a model that structures a multilevel Universe. The work mentions a geometric representation of the Tree in the form of a static pyramid and a dynamic cone identical to the Olonkho epic model of the world discovered by the author in previous studies. The paper concludes that in addition to the well-known ideas about the image of Aal Luuk mas as a symbol of fertility and the eternal cycle of life and death, the form and content of this archaic image largely determined the emergence of many sign systems nowadays integral to Yakut material and spiritual culture. And this circumstance proves instrumental in recognizing an invariant archetype scheme with the preservation of semantic ‘valencies’ in modern texts of the tradition, thus indicating further research prospects.

scholarly journals Essentials of bladder cancer worldwide: incidence, mortality rate and risk factors

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (9) ◽  
pp. 1638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamidreza Sadeghi Gandomani ◽  
Abed Asgari Tarazoj ◽  
Fatemeh Hadavand Siri ◽  
Ali Karimi Rozveh ◽  
Soheila Hosseini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Bladder Cancer ◽  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Incidence Rate ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Treatment Strategies ◽  
Common Cancer ◽  
The World ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Systems Studies

Bladder cancer (BC) is the sixth most common cancer in the world. An increase in the incidence and recurrence of BC has led to massive pressure on health care systems. Studies have shown that the geographical and ethical distributions of BC are variable in different parts of the world. However, most studies have focused more on clinical challenges and treatment strategies in BC management. Due to the limited number of studies conducted on the incidence rate, mortality and risk factors of BC worldwide, it is necessary to carry out studies in these areas. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the global incidence rate, mortality rate and risk factors for BC.

scholarly journals MENTAL CONSTRUCT “MEANDER” AS A UNIVERSAL PROTOTYPICAL SYMBOL IN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimona Amichba ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Deep Level ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Symbol System ◽  
Cognitive Mechanisms ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Sign Systems ◽  
Structure Abstract ◽  
The World ◽  
Mental Construct ◽  
Mental Constructs

In this article, the mental construct "meander" is described from the standpoint of cognitive science and the theory of sign systems, it is considered as a universal prototypical symbol in language and culture. "Meander" is qualified as a deep sign, the mental fields of which are actualized by universal metaphorically structured images. Being an ambivalent "universal" Word, the "meander" in its deep structuring is objectified by mental fields of both positive and negative connotations. Based on the well-known position of Yu. S. Stepanov, according to which language as a construct and it consists of a core, social and mental shells, we were able to not only analyze and describe, but also to show the deep nature and potential capabilities of the prototypical symbol of the "meander". No less important for this work is the thesis that language is "a system capable of generating an infinite number of texts". "Meander" is characterized by a complex system of symbols, in which each element carries deep meanings and senses. Understanding the complexity of the prototypical symbol system, it should be noted that the study of such a scientific object as a "meander" should not be limited only from the position of linguistic disciplines. At the same time, "Meander" is attributed to both a stereotype and a prototypical symbol, since both concepts are associated with the content side of language and culture, that is, they are understood as mental constructs that correlate with the picture of the world. The purpose of this article is to describe the multi-component mental construct "meander" from the point of view of its deep structuring. “Meander” as a “stereotype” and a prototypical symbol incorporates the meanings of language and culture, and therefore is understood as a mental construct that adequately reflects the linguistic image of the world. "Stereotypes" and "prototypical symbols", to which we also refer the mental construct "meander", are transmitted by cognitive mechanisms, and, accordingly, are verbalized by one or another sense and meaning. Since the "meander" is a deep abstract prototypical symbol, it is able not only to combine many similar forms of the same object, but also to structure abstract connotative images that are categorized at a deep level. And in this sense, "Meander" is considered by us both as a prototypical symbol, and as a stereotype, and as a pattern, since it is structured according to a model that is often repeated. The results of the analysis showed that the universal, "common human" symbol "meander" is a deeply structured mental construction objectified by meanings and meanings in languages and cultures.

scholarly journals Between Nature and Culture: Lévi-Strauss’s Structural Analysis of Myth in the Light of Semiotics

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (30) ◽  
pp. 211-217
Author(s):  
Tatiana Jankowska
Keyword(s):  
Structural Analysis ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
Symbolic Communication ◽  
Nature And Culture ◽  
Sign Systems ◽  
Structural Linguistics ◽  
The World ◽  
Individual Consciousness ◽  
Different Cultures

This article presents the influence of Claude Lévi-Strauss’s research in the field of cultural antropology on the guidelines and concepts of semiotics. Much empirical research in semiotics, connected with different systems of signs and revealing their functions in archaic human cultures, has been conducted on the ground of structural analysis. They are connected, among other things, with different cultures and societies, diversified both spatially and temporally. Thus, the integrating role of myth, as well as its uniting functions in the case of the organization of an individual consciousness, have a primeval modeling impact on the semiotic systems. According to Lévi-Strauss, there is a certain regularity of behaviors that stand for the mechanism of human symbolic communication. This regularity exists as an extention of the theory of signs that was previously worked out in the fields of structural linguistics and semiology. Lévi-Strauss’s theory concerns the collective unconscious of “the human mind” and is devoted to the unconscious nature of cultural phenomena, with a focus on searching for universal rules of thinking that are appropriate to all human minds. The subject of semiotics is a group of sign systems developed in different cultures. A cultural text presents a certain model of the world that we read using codes. The system of mythological signs reveals the cosmological concept of reality with relation to the mythopoetic view of the world.

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