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Lisible A French word meaning intelligible or "readable". Roland Barthes used this term to identify a particular type of text, one in which the reader is urged to do nothing but consume the meaning given in advance. Related: Writerly
We call literal usage a way of using language characterized by adherence to the primary vocabulary meaning of words; Metaphorical (Figurative) Usage is a use of language in which words or expressions go beyond known meanings (metaphor). When used literally, words and...
Literariness is a series of techniques, conventions, and tools that distinguish literal from other uses of language. Identifying these techniques, conventions, and means was one of the key pursuits of Russian formalists.
Locutionary Force is the innate force or meaning of a message, as opposed to its effect on the listener and his status or function as an action. John L. Austin distinguishes the Locutionary force of sentences from their illocutionary and perlocutionary force. If I...
Logic is the study of types or forms of inference. Systematic analysis and evaluation of forms of inference can be traced far back. All the way to Aristotle. In this long history, a huge share of the importance of semiotics also falls. Charles S. Peirce, one of the...
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.
