Sociolinguistics is the study of the relationship between language and society. Can social structure, social context, social ideas, values and identities influence the way we can and do use language? And conversely, can our ways […]
This review first appeared in Frontiers in Human Neurosciences. It is republished in this issue of SemiotiX with the kind permission of the authors. Bruno Galantucci and Simon Garrod also edited a volume entitled Experimental Semiotics: Studies on […]
Take a walk through any upmarket shopping mall (frequently referred to as a ‘gallery’ implying artful displays of precious, highly desirable and – to many – unattainable objects) and you will find numerous instances of […]
Preamble This preliminary report encapsulates explorations of the semiosis of nation branding with particular reference to the Nigerian experience. With the rise in the global tide of place branding which is almost always driven by […]
Attention to linguistic variation worldwide is evidenced in efforts to document or revive dying languages; in political struggles over language and dialect rights, national languages, and language in education; and in the commodification of languages […]
Have you ever heard of vexillology ? Sometimes it appears as the final category on Jeopardy; it is also the focus of a mythical podcast by Dr. Sheldon Cooper, one of the main characters on […]
What kind of interactional situation does the image below show? One guy is intensely occupied with writing on his keyboard while the other guy next to him is pointing to something on his laptop screen, […]
We begin with the following exchange from a 2012 interview between BBC journalist Jeremy Paxman and Treasury Minister Chloe Smith; an example of what Richards (2007: 73) calls “Rottweiler” interviewing: JP: Do you ever wake […]
Live interviews with politicians on Greek news Evening news is largely offered to Greek national audiences through the process of live conversation among journalists, or between journalists and politicians, appearing in a visual format of […]
Cognitive Semiotics (hence, CS) can be defined as an interdisciplinary matrix of disciplines and methods, focused on the multifaceted phenomenon of meaning or as an emerging field with the ambition of “…integrating methods and theories […]
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