A single sign can communicate meaning on its own. Think of a stop sign. No matter what context you’re in when you see something that looks like a stop sign, you reflexively stop. However, signs can communicate more and more effectively when you consider the relationship between multiple signs.
Tag: semiotics
Denotation And Connotation — Literal And Implied Meaning
A sign is anything that represent something else. Signs create meaning, but what exactly do they mean? What do they communicate and will everyone who interprets the same sign take away the same meaning from it?
Icon, Index, and Symbol — Three Categories of Signs
Signs can take many forms. They can be words, numbers, sounds, photographs, paintings and road signs among and more. However, while signs can be many things, they can be categorized as one of a few types.
An Introduction To Semiotics — Signifier And Signified
The famous pipe. How people reproached me for it! And yet, could you stuff my pipe? No, it’s just a representation, is it not? So if I had written on my picture ‘This is a pipe’, I’d have been lying!
— René Magritte