CPCF 1F25 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Biosemiotics, Zoosemiotics, Semiotics
13 Nov 2017
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Representation and signification signs (putting things into words). Representation= the act of putting idea into words visual, audio or any other system of: always distinct from the thing being represented. A representation is always encoded (always come to us in term of code: receiver must (be able to) decode and interpret the communication to understand the idea. Signisfaction (narrow and influential,emphasis on science: using signs to make meaning, sign: anything that represent something with something else; or, anything with meaning (e. g. words, images, sound, objects) Signification is (also) another word to representation, which instead puts emphasis on the individual elements (signs) of the representation and approaching the process as a language. The jaw (movie both the representation and signification) Ferdinand de saussure and the sign (remember his name and who he is) 19th century, swiss linguist ferdinand de saussure and founder of semiotics.
