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By Alexander V. Kravchenko   The problem with language as a symbolic system In mainstream linguistics and cognitive science language is viewed as a symbolic system – a set of abstract forms that somehow relate […]

Dear all, we are delighted to announce the new publication of our Journal Signs & Media (Autumn Issue, 2019). Please feel free to download it by clicking https://www.dropbox.com/sh/imr73vo4r0me1xi/AABcozqcPnzFgxeDROahx03Wa?dl=0 Editor’s Note Victoria Lady Welby and her […]

By David Lidov   Robert S. Hatten A Theory of Virtual Agency for Western Art Music  Indiana University Press    Robert Hatten’s third book on musical meaning, from the Indiana University Press series which he […]

By Gabriel Baradee (with editorial notes) Emotions are at the core of the meaning of fashion. From the feelings conveyed by the fabrics with an almost infinite array of colors and textures —  and the […]

Review of Chris William Martin, The Social Semiotics of Tattoos: Skin and Self. Bloomsbury Advances in Semiotics. London and New York: Bloomsbury, 2019.   By Gary Genosko Sociology and semiotics have long been cozy bedfellows. […]

Personal pronouns have a special status in languages. As indexical tools they are the means by which languages and persons intimately interface with each other within a particular social structure. Pronouns involve more than mere […]

By Ole Togeby How to describe personal pronouns in a semiotic framework? In Peircean semiotics personal pronouns, such as I and you, are often classified as indexes because they sort of ‘point to’ one of the […]

About The Bloomsbury Companion to Contemporary Peircean Semiotics This book considers the work and influence of Charles Sanders Peirce, showing how the concepts and ideas he developed continue to impact and shape contemporary research issues. […]

The Academic Advisory Council for Signage Research and Education (AACSRE), in an effort to fuel the next generation of study for on-premise signage, has announced the Emerging Fellows for 2019-2020. The 2019 class of Emerging […]

In this Podcast with Power Point illustrations, Professor Asif Agha discusses the Semiotics of money. Asif Agha is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania where he founded the Semiotics Lab. He is also […]