Intertextuality is a term introduced by Julia Kristeva and widely accepted by literary theorists to denote the complex way in which a text relates to other texts. Just as there is no sign separate from other signs, there is no text separate from other texts. In...
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Intersemiotic
Intersemiotic is what happens between two different sign systems. By comparison, intrasemiotics occur within the same sign system.
Interpretation
The process of understanding and interpreting a message. Related: Interpretant Interpreter
“I”
"I" is the first person singular, often used in semiotic scriptures as a name denoting the subject. One of the main reasons the Self is used in this way is to emphasize the insight of the linguist Emile Benveniste that only in and through language can people be...
Icon
An iconic sign is a term used by Charles Peirce to denote a specific type of sign or sign function in which the sign vehicle represents its object through resemblance or likeness. The map, for example, is an iconic sign because it represents an area or terrain,...
Iconicity
Iconicity refers to an object that has the status or qualities of an iconic sign; performing the function or playing the role of an iconic sign (a sign that represents its object by a resemblance to that object).
Id
Id is the Latin word for it. The word is used in psychoanalytic theory to denote a broad, impersonal realm of the soul beneath the ego (I) and the superego (Superego). Id is the locus of our impulses and the source of libido. Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud had a profound...
Ideological Superstructure
Ideological Superstructure is a term inspired by Karl Marx to denote the discursive practices (theology, philosophy, literature, etc.) that arose and were maintained through the economic base. Different disciplines and discursive practices grow and stabilize from an...
Ideology
In Marxist discourse, "ideology" is a term usually meaning "wrong consciousness," or more generally, a system of ideas in the service of a group. In this sense, we could speak (as Marx does) of a revolutionary ideology, that is, of a system of ideas in the service of...
Idiolect
An idiolect is a unique or idiosyncratic language or form of discourse (parole).
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Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of language. It encompasses the analysis of every aspect of language, as well as the methods for studying and modeling them. The traditional areas of linguistic analysis include phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics,...
Phenomenology
A term used by Charles S. Peirce to denote a discipline of philosophy. The term is also used to denote an important movement in modern philosophy, identified with such thinkers as Edmund Husserl, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and Roman Ingarden. It could be said that this...
Feminism
Feminism is an ideology, that, like other ideologies uses reductionism to explain complex issues like, for example, the one that the feminists most commonly cite - the rights to equal pay. Like most ideologies, the feministic too has its roots in somewhat reasonable...
Rationalism
Rationalism in a very general sense means devotion to reason; in a narrower sense, it refers to the doctrine that reason itself has the ability to know reality. In a general sense, then, the rationalist is a defender and advocate of reason. Rationalism is often used...
Intertextuality
Intertextuality is a term introduced by Julia Kristeva and widely accepted by literary theorists to denote the complex way in which a text relates to other texts. Just as there is no sign separate from other signs, there is no text separate from other texts. In...
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A completely and truly free course on Semiology (Semiotics). Learn about the meaning of signs, how and why did the field emerged. What is the relationship between the street signs and the signs that we use every day - words.
