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| '''Semiotics''' can be taken as the study of signs and how we relate them to meaning.
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| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_(semiotics) Signs] in this context are are anything that can be interpreted to have a meaning, including but not limited to sounds, motions, gesture, images.
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| In a practical sense we often still focus on words,
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| yet the term is used in part to remind you these are far from the only meaning-carriers,
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| even in a lot of everyday situations.
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| '''Sign process''' is sometimes synonym for semiotics,
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| arguably a more self-explanatory name to those not already deep in the theory.
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| Sign process is also sometimes a little more specifically meant as a "any process/activity that involves signs, and probably meaning".
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| Semiotics as a field gets quite technical and/or philosophical,
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| or at least full of jargon opaque to the newcomer.
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| : indication,
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| : designation,
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| : ..etc, like likeness, analogy, allegory, metonymy, metaphor, symbolism, signification, and communication.
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| A sign as a combination of the signifier and the signified,
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| Without such signifiers, concepts would only be vague things in our head,
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| and we would find communication very difficult.
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| Linguistics is mostly about intentional meaning. <!--
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| This includes the complex structure we ended up on, considering that today we don't half an hour of gesturing and association to convey basic ideas.-->
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| You could say that semiology is more about the signs and symbols and more [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropology anthropological], while linguistics more about the structure, meaning and meaningful communication.
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| As such, linguistics courses may skim over semiology, or use the term only for all the inbetweens - analogy, allegory, [[metonymy]], [[metaphor]], [[symbolism]], and also conduct, behaviour, and a lot of other sociology.
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| For example, not too long ago there was the idea that homosexuality was semiotic - there are clear signs inherent of the trait - so much that they ought not to be produced, as they would not possibly signify anything else, or anything good. Because.... we said/think so?
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| Most of these things make less sense when you ask "...why?" enough times...-->
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| It also overlaps with philosophy, relating to structuralism, and more. (see e.g. Saussure<!--'s Course in General Linguistics-->)
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| Entirely unintentional signs include e.g. diagnosis, as a symptom can be a a sign of a medical condition.
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| Related terms:
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| * semiosis - sign process
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| * semiology - , considered a part of semiotics
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| See also:
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| * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiotics
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| * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiosis
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