semiotics

English

WOTD – 11 September 2007

Etymology

Coined by John Locke from Ancient Greek σημειωτικός (sēmeiōtikós, “fitted for marking, portending”), from σημειόω (sēmeióō, “to mark, interpret as a portend”), from σημεῖον (sēmeîon, “a mark, sign, token”), from σῆμα (sêma, “mark, sign”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛm.iˈɒt.ɪks/
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(US) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛm.iˈɑt.ɪks/, /ˌsiː.miˈɑt.ɪks/, /ˌsiː.maɪˈɑt.ɪks/

Noun

semiotics (uncountable)

The study of signs and symbols, especially as means of language or communication.
Holonym: social science
(dated) The study of medical signs and symptoms; symptomatology.

Derived terms

anthroposemiotics
biosemiotics
psychosemiotics
sociological semiotics
sociosemiotics
zoosemiotics

Related terms

semantic
semantics
semasiology
sematic
sematology
seme
sememe
semiosis
semiotic

Translations

study of signs

Albanian: semiotika f
Arabic: سميوطيقا‎ (ar) ?
Armenian: նշանագիտություն (hy) (nšanagitutʿyun)
Catalan: semiòtica f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 符號語言學／符号语言学 (fúhào yǔyánxué), 符號學／符号学 (zh) (fúhàoxué), 記號學／记号学 (jìhaoxué)
Czech: sémiotika (cs) f
Danish: semiotik c
Dutch: semiotiek (nl) f
Esperanto: semiotiko
Finnish: semiotiikka (fi)
French: sémiotique (fr) f
Georgian: სემიოტიკა (semioṭiḳa)
German: Semiotik (de) f
Greek: σημειολογία (el) f (simeiología)
Hindi: संकेतविज्ञान m (saṅketvigyān)
Indonesian: semiotika (id)
Interlingua: semiotica
Italian: semiotica (it) f
Japanese: 記号論 (きごうろん, kigōron)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: semiotikk (no) m
Nynorsk: semiotikk m
Occitan: semiotica (oc) f
Persian: نشانه‌شناسی‎ (nešâne-šenâsi)
Polish: semiotyka (pl) f, semiologia (pl) f
Portuguese: semiótica (pt) f
Romanian: semiotică (ro) f
Russian: семио́тика (ru) f (semiótika)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: семио̀тика f
Roman: semiòtika (sh) f
Spanish: semiótica (es) f
Swedish: semiotik (sv) c
Turkish: göstergebilim
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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