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| a unit of narration (a hero, an opponent) that surfaces in all kinds of stories |
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| a concept that cannot be demonstrated or observed directly; it can only be imagined |
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| the receiver of a message |
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| the experience of sensation; in art, it refers to the fact that the senses and feelings are stimulated holistically by art texts |
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| the study of the meaning and interpretation of art in general |
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| the repetion of the initial consonant sounds or sound clusters of words |
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| the graphic code whereby individual characters stand for specific sounds (or sound combinations) |
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| the structural relation whereby a form replaces another that is similar in structure, function, or use |
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| the term coined by psychoanalyst Carl Jung to designate any unconscious image that manifests itself in dreams, myths, art forms, and performances across cultures |
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| the prototype from which other or subsequent texts are derived |
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| an object produced or shaped by human craft, especially a tool, a weapon, or an ornament that is of archaeological or historical interest |
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| a statement universally accepted as true and therefore accepted without proof |
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| Basic-level concept is... |
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| the concept that has a typological (classifactory) function |
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| the branch of semiotics that studies semiosis in all life forms |
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| the physical environment to which an organism adapts |
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| the physical means by which a signal or message is transmitted |
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| the person portrayed in an artistic piece, such as a drama or novel |
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| the text that elicits a singular, or a very limited, range of interpretations |
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| apparel to cover the body |
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| the system in which signs are organized and that determines how they relate to one another and can thus be used for representation and communication |
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| social interaction through message exchange; the production and exchange of messages and meanings; the use of specific modes and media to transmit messages |
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| the effect of a message on the addressee |
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| a general thought connection or pattern encoded by as sign or signs (within cultural contexts) |
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| Conceptual metaphor is... |
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| a generalized metaphorical formula that undergirds a specific abstraction |
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| a generalized metonymical formula that undergirds a specific abstraction |
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| a concept that is demonstratable and observable in a direct way |
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| the extended or secondary meaning of a sign; the symbolic or mythic meaning of a certain signifier (word, image, etc.) |
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| the physical channel employed in communication and the psychological connections made between addresser and addressee |
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| the environment (physical and social) in which signs are produced and messages interpreted |
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| a sign that is made by human ingenuity |
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| the interconnected system of meanings encoded by signs and texts |
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| the process of deciphering the message formed in terms of a specific code |
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| the view that texts can be deconstructed into a series of differences (oppositions) and, thus, that they do not refer to anything outside of themselves in any 'true' fashion |
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| the primary, intentional meaning of a sign |
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| the study of changes in signs and codes over time |
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| verbal communication involving an addresser and an addressee |
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| the space that people maintain between themselves during socially meaningful contact or interaction |
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| a meaningful system of clothing (e.g., the dress code for weddings) |
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| the addresser's emotional intent in communicating something |
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| the process of putting together a message in terms of a specific code |
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| anything that is unpredictable in a message |
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| information, signals, cues issuing from the receiver of a message as detected by the sender, allowing him or her to adjust the message in order to make it clearer, more meaningful, more effective |
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| a literary work whose content is produced by the imagination; not necessarily based on fact |
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| in Peircean theory, the first level of meaning derived from bodily and sensory processes |
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| sexual identity established in cultural terms |
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| the gesture unit accompanying speech |
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| the use of gestures to accompany speech |
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| semiosis and representation by means of the hands, the arms, and to a lesser extent the head |
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| the meaning of a metaphor |
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| the study of touching patterns during social interaction |
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| the study and interpretation of texts |
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| Hieroglyphic writing is... |
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| Ancient Egyptian system of writing, in which pictorial symbols were used to represent meanings or sounds or a combination of meanings and sound |
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| two or more words that are spelled or pronounced the same but have different meanings |
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| a text within another text explaining some component of the other text |
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| a system for linking different texts and images within a computer document or over a network |
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| Peirce's term for an icon that is shaped by cultural convention but that nonetheless can be figured out by those who are not members of the culture |
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| a text based on another text, which, however, it alters, elaborates, or extends |
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| a sign in which the signifier has a direct (non-arbitrary), simulative connection to its signified or referent |
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| the process of representing something with iconic signs |
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| the term used by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson to refer to the recurring structures of, or in, our perceptual interactions, bodily experiences, and cognitive operations that portray locations, movements, shapes, and so on in the mind |
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| a sign in which the signifier has an existential connection to its signified or referent (i.e., the sign indicates that something 'exists' somewhere in time or space) |
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| the process of representing something with indexical signs |
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| any fact or datum that can be stored and retrieved by humans or machines |
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| the process of adapting a sign's meaning to personal and social experiences |
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| the process of deciphering what a sign or text means |
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| a text to which another text refers |
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| the allusion within a text to some other text of which the interpreter would normally have knowledge |
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| the use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning; the use of words in a humorous but often sarcastic way |
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| the study of bodily semiosis |
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| in Peircean theory, a representamen (signifier) that designates something by convention |
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| a full symbol or character representing a word |
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| Logographic writing is... |
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| a semisymbolic writing system in which a character, known as a logograph, resembles its referent only in small part |
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| a visual text representing a culturally significant territory or space drawn with a combination of iconic, indexical, and symbolic techniques |
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| a concept that is understandable in personal and cultural ways |
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| the technical or physical means by which a message is transmitted |
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| Metalingual function is... |
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| a communicative function by which the code being used is identified |
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| a semiotic process by which two referential domains (A, B) are connected (A is B) |
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| a text that makes an explicit or implicit critical commentary on another text |
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| a semiotic process by which an entity is used to refer to another that is related to it |
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| a story that aims to explain the origin of life or of the universe in terms of some metaphysical or deistic entity or entities |
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| the use and/or evocation of mythic themes in contemporary behaviours and performances; the study of myths |
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| a sign that identifies a person or place |
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| Narrative structure is... |
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| a universal pattern of storytelling based on a series of oppositions (hero vs opponent) that generate plot, character, setting, and so on |
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| something told or written such as an account, story, or tale |
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| the branch of semiotics that studies narrativity |
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| the teller of the narrative |
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| any biologically inherited ability or capacity for encoding and decoding a message, including the voice (speech), the face (expressions), and the body (gesture, posture, etc.) |
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| a sign produced by nature (such as symptom) |
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| Natural transmission is... |
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| the transmission of messages naturally (through the air channel, through chemical signals, etc.) |
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| anything that interferes with the reception of a message |
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| a fictional prose narrative in which characters and situations are depicted within the framework of a plot |
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| a verbal representation through the simulation of one or several of the sonorous properties of referents |
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| the development of all semiosic abilities during childhood |
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| a text that entails a complex interpretive range |
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| the process by which signs are differentiated through a minimal change in their form or meaning |
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| a structural relation between signs that keeps them distinct and therefore recognizable |
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| the physical and conventional characteristics associated with certain kinds of texts, such as their physical structure, titles, headings, prefaces, epigraphs, dedications, acknowledgments, footnotes, illustrations, and dust jackets |
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| the representation and communication of some text, framed in a special way and put on display for an audience |
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| the technique of representing three-dimensional objects and depth relationships on a two-dimensional surface |
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| a communicative function by which contact between addresser and addressee is established |
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| a minimal unit of sound in a language that allows its users to differentiate meanings |
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| the evolution of all semiosic abilities in the human species |
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| Pictographic writing is... |
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| a type of writing system in which a sign, known as pictograph, bears pictorial resemblance to its referent |
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| the plan of events or main story in a narrative or drama |
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| a communicative function based on poetic language |
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| verbal art based on the acoustic, rhythmic, and imagistic properties of words |
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| an art form that utilizes themes and images taken from mass technological culture |
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| the world view that all knowledge is relative and human-made, and that there is no purpose to life beyond the immediate and the present |
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| a movement in semiotics countering the structuralist notion that signs encode some aspect of reality |
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| a branch of semiotics and anthropology that studies the symbolic structure of the physical space maintained between people |
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| in Peircean theory, the representamen (signifier) that refers to a quality |
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| the person to whom a message or text is directed |
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| that which is predictable or conventional in a message or text, thus helping counteract the potential interference effects of noise |
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| what is referred to (any object, being, idea, or event) |
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| the specific range of meanings to which a sign or text refers |
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| Referential function is... |
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| a communicative act in which there is a straightforward connection between the act and what it refers to |
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| in Peircean theory, the physical part of a sign |
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| the process by which referents are captured and organized in some way by signs or texts |
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| in Peircean theory, the second level of meaning derived from relating signs to one another or to other elements (including sign markers and sign users) |
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| Semantic differential is... |
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| a technique used in semiotics for fleshing our connotations |
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| Saussure's term for the study of signs |
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| the comprehension and production of signs |
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| the world of signs, codes, and texts to be differentiated from the biosphere (the physical, life-supporting environment) |
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| the science that studies signs and their uses in representation |
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| the transmitter of a message or text |
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| the place and conditions in which a narrative takes place |
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| the language code based on gestures and grammatical rules that share common elements with spoken language |
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| something that stands for something or someone else in some capacity |
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| an emission or movement that naturally or conventionally triggers some reaction on the part of the receiver |
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| the process of generating meaning through the use of signs |
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| that part of a sign which is referred to |
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| that part of a sign that does the referring; the physical part of a sign |
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| in Peircean theory, a representamen (signifier) that draws attention to or singles out a particular object in time-space |
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| the process by which referents are represented through some form of vocal simulation |
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| the class of vehicles that deliver a conceptual metaphor |
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| the study of the structures (signs, texts, codes) generated by semiosis |
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| any repeatable, systematic, patterned, or predictable aspect of signs, codes, and texts |
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| the level at which a concept has a detailing function |
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| the text (message) hidden within a text |
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| Superordinate level is... |
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| the level at which a concept has a highly general classificatory function |
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| the word or part of a word pronounced with a single, uninterrupted sounding of the voice (usually a vowel) and generally one or more sounds of lesser sonority (usually consonants) |
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| a sign that represents a referent through cultural convention |
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| the process of representing something with symbols |
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| a bodily sign that stands for some ailment, physical condition, or disease |
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| the study of signs at a specific point in time (usually the present) |
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| the juxtaposition of signs so as to evoke different sense modalities simultaneously |
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| the relation by which the meanings of different signs overlap |
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| a structural relation that guides the combination of signs or parts of signs in a coherent and consistent way |
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| the topic of a conceptual metaphor |
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| a 'larger sign' put together in terms of a specific code |
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| the process of generating and utilizing texts for representational purposes |
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| in Peircean theory, the third level of meaning derived from symbolic processes |
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| the subject of a metaphor (tenor) |
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| the physical process of sending messages or texts to a receiver |
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| the part of a metaphor to which a topic is connected |
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| Whorfian hypothesis is... |
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| the view elaborated by Benjamin Lee Whorf that the language one speaks shapes one's world view |
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| the process of representing speech with characters |
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| Semiosis in animal species |
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| the branch of semiotics studying semiosis in animals |
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