Meaning (semiotics)

In semiotics, the meaning of a sign is its place in a sign relation, in other words, the set of roles that it occupies within a given sign relation. This statement holds whether sign is taken to mean a sign type or a sign token. Defined in these global terms, the meaning of a sign is not in general analyzable with full exactness into completely localized terms, but aspects of its meaning can be given approximate analyses, and special cases of sign relations frequently admit of more local analyses.

Two aspects of meaning that may be given approximate analyses are the connotative relation and the denotative relation. The connotative relation is the relation between signs and their interpretant signs. The denotative relation is the relation between signs and objects. An arbitrary association exists between the signfied and the signifier.

[edit] Triadic relation

Main article: Triadic relation

[edit] Sign relation

Main article: Sign relation

[edit] Connotative relation

[edit] Denotative relation

[edit] See also

This philosophy-related article is a stub. You can help The Psychology Wiki by expanding it.

This psychology-related article is a stub. You can help the Psychology Wiki by expanding it.

This page uses content from the English-language version of Wikipedia. The original article was at Meaning (semiotics). The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Psychology Wiki, the text of Wikipedia is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.

Create a new article Upload a new image
Recent changes Help	Random page Special pages Recent changes Random page