Reading signs and being in the world: a dual perspective on semiotics
... that combines subjectivity with a universal character. Against this background, the understanding of the two types of semiosis can be seen to evolve historically: from philosophical reflection on individual signs (Aristotle, Peirce) to linguistic and semiotic investigations of holistic systems (Barthes, Lotman). The capacity for such an expansion of perspective, together with an awareness of the heterogeneity of human sign activity, ultimately underpinned the emergence of scientific semiotics ...
On multiple semiotics integrally, aspectively and concretely
... considers possibilities used by Zimmerling to interpret TI1 as a discursive particle, enclitic, part of speech and semantic sign. In addition, the article discusses its interpretation as a pragmatic marker. The author comments on the interpretations of semiotics by Zimmerling, in particular, the question of primary and secondary semiotic systems. The author presents his own concept of semiotics as a research programme in Imre Lakatos’ sense. Semiotics is also a kind of cognitive ability common to ...
Grammar. Linguistics. Language (in response to opposing views)
I discuss the criteria of defining linguistics against other science branches. Linguistics is not a proper part of semiotics, since the foundations of language do not necessarily rely on the theory of sign systems. Grammar always operates on sets, including the sets consisting of one element. Not all language objects can be treated as signs. The connectors, i. e. ...
