SITE PRESENTATION

DEFINITION

Semiotics (from the Greek sêmeiôtikê, from sêmeion, "sign") is the theory and study of signs and meaning. In some theories, everything is a sign - even man and the world in which he exists. More specifically, signs can be linguistic, pictorial, architectural, vestiary, gestural, olfactory, musical, cinematic, and so on. For an overview of semiotics, click on "Introduction" in the main menu.

THEORETICAL AND APPLIED SEMIOTICS

As in any field, one can study semiotics using a theoretical or an applied approach. Signo might be described as a website for applied semiotic theories: Firstly, all of the theories and parts of theories presented here are directly applicable and secondly, each theory is applied to at least one object (such as a text). Each theory module of Signo includes the following sections: "Abstract", "Theory", "Application", "Works Cited" and "Exercises". To go to the semiotic theories, click on "Theories" in the main menu.

OUR CHOICE OF SEMIOTIC THEORIES

Signo presents a small selection of semiotic theories from just a few semioticians. Some important semioticians such as Saussure, Barthes, Morris and Sebeok are noticeably absent. The site simply reflects the current research and expertise of the members of the Signo team.