Why semiotics, why poetry?

Semiotica ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 (207) ◽  
pp. 443-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry J. Prewitt
Keyword(s):  
Communication System ◽  
Human Communication ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Symbol Use

AbstractGiambattista Vico’s philosophy foresaw a very postmodern sense of language, first as the underlying logical capacity for what Peirce called the symbolic argument, and second as a communication system per se. And in our view, much of these higher sign processes, especially in the everyday symbol use of human communication, is based in metaphor, very much in Vico’s notion of the term. This essay explores the dynamics of sign ordinary process through poetry, referencing also Vico’s synthesis of understanding and creativity, and the connection of poetry to the earliest Western philosophies.

The Effects of an Aided Augmentative System on Communication and Speech in a Preschool Child with Developmental Delay: A Case Study

1999 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-46
Author(s):  
Mark Carter
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Developmental Delay ◽  
Communication System ◽  
Lower Proportion ◽  
Graphic Symbol ◽  
Symbol Use ◽  
Alternating Treatment Design ◽  
Treatment Design ◽  
Sustained Increase

The effect of an aided graphic augmentative communication system on communication and speech in a 4‐year 7‐month‐old child with developmental delay was evaluated in this case study. An alternating treatment design was used across 2 mealtime settings (morning tea and lunch) over a 6‐week period with counterbalancing of aided and unaided conditions. Once graphic symbol use emerged, there were slightly higher levels of unprompted communication and requests in the aided condition and a lower proportion of acts contained nonsymbolic communication. There was also a higher number of different words + symbols used in the aided condition. The introduction of the graphic symbols did not appear to have detrimental effects on speech but there was no evidence of sustained increase in frequency of speech or spoken vocabulary in the aided condition. Substantial increases were noted in the number of unprompted communicative turns and range of total vocabulary over the course of the study in both conditions. The need for further research on the effects of AAC on speech and communication in preschool children is highlighted.

How to create a human communication system

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 314-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Casey J. Lister ◽  
Nicolas Fay
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Communication System ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Human Communication ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sign Systems ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Interactive Feedback ◽  
Single Modality

Following a synthesis of naturalistic and experimental studies of language creation, we propose a theoretical model that describes the process through which human communication systems might arise and evolve. Three key processes are proposed that give rise to effective, efficient and shared human communication systems: (1) motivated signs that directly resemble their meaning facilitate cognitive alignment, improving communication success; (2) behavioral alignment onto an inventory of shared sign-to-meaning mappings bolsters cognitive alignment between interacting partners; (3) sign refinement, through interactive feedback, enhances the efficiency of the evolving communication system. By integrating the findings across a range of diverse studies, we propose a theoretical model of the process through which the earliest human communication systems might have arisen and evolved. Importantly, because our model is not bound to a single modality it can describe the creation of shared sign systems across a range of contexts, informing theories of language creation and evolution.

scholarly journals Food and Nationalism: Gastronationalism Revisited

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atsuko Ichijo
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Major Development ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Per Se ◽  
State Actors

AbstractThis article reviews recent developments in scholarship on gastronationalism, or more broadly, food and nationalism. It finds while the concept of gastronationalism per se has not been rigorously developed, scholarship of food and nationalism in general has been developing fast. A major development in the study of gastronationalism is the introduction of the everyday nationhood/banal nationalism perspective, which in turn diverts the focus away from the state’s intervention, a point emphasized by Michaela DeSoucey. The review of the field suggests that a renewed focus on the role of food in the interaction between state actors and international organizations would further refine the concept of gastronationalism. As for the study of food and nationalism, efforts to integrate findings from existing case studies to produce an overall understanding of society are needed.

scholarly journals Algorithmic Censorship by Social Platforms: Power and Resistance

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Cobbe
Keyword(s):  
Culturally Sensitive ◽  
Structural Effects ◽  
Human Communication ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Power And Resistance ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Degree Of Control ◽  
The Web

Abstract Effective content moderation by social platforms is both important and difficult; numerous issues arise from the volume of information, the culturally sensitive and contextual nature of that information, and the nuances of human communication. Attempting to scale moderation, social platforms are increasingly adopting automated approaches to suppressing communications that they deem undesirable. However, this brings its own concerns. This paper examines the structural effects of algorithmic censorship by social platforms to assist in developing a fuller understanding of the risks of such approaches to content moderation. This analysis shows that algorithmic censorship is distinctive for two reasons: (1) in potentially bringing all communications carried out on social platforms within reach and (2) in potentially allowing those platforms to take a more active, interventionist approach to moderating those communications. Consequently, algorithmic censorship could allow social platforms to exercise an unprecedented degree of control over both public and private communications. Moreover, commercial priorities would be inserted further into the everyday communications of billions of people. Due to the dominance of the web by a few social platforms, this may be difficult or impractical to escape for many people, although opportunities for resistance do exist.

How to Bootstrap a Human Communication System

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (7) ◽  
pp. 1356-1367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Fay ◽  
Michael Arbib ◽  
Simon Garrod
Keyword(s):  
Communication System ◽  
Human Communication

A Systems Model of Communication Processes

1978 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 321-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. G. Bruckmann
Keyword(s):  
Communication System ◽  
System Approach ◽  
Communication Studies ◽  
Transfer System ◽  
Human Communication ◽  
Human System ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Systems Model ◽  
Communication Processes ◽  
Commerce Students

In the teaching of communication studies to engineering and commerce students, the time available for teaching communication principles and models did not allow for a detailed study of the various models currently in use. A systems model based on a consistent and limited terminology was developed. This model consists essentially of three subsystems; the human system, the message transfer system, and intermediate receiver-storage-transmitter systems. With the use of this system approach, it is possible to construct models of any human communication system and to use these models to analyze and compare the strengths and weaknesses of the different systems.

Investigating how cultural transmission leads to the appearance of design without a designer in human communication systems

2010 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Cornish
Keyword(s):  
Recent Work ◽  
Structural Properties ◽  
Communication System ◽  
Cultural Transmission ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Shared Task ◽  
Human Communication ◽  
Interactive Communication ◽  
Adaptive Structure ◽  
The Way

Recent work on the emergence and evolution of human communication has focused on getting novel systems to evolve from scratch in the laboratory. Many of these studies have adopted an interactive construction approach, whereby pairs of participants repeatedly interact with one another to gradually develop their own communication system whilst engaged in some shared task. This paper describes four recent studies that take a different approach, showing how adaptive structure can emerge purely as a result of cultural transmission through single chains of learners. By removing elements of interactive communication and focusing only on the way in which language is repeatedly acquired by learners, we hope to gain a better understanding of how useful structural properties of language could have emerged without being intentionally designed or innovated.

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