Semiology Glossary

Home » Semiology Glossary » Page 60

No Results Found

The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.

Connect

Latest posts:

Modern

Modern in philosophy is a term that generally means post-medieval and pre-contemporary. It covers the period, roughly speaking, from 1500 to the late 19th or early 20th century. In literary studies modern refers to the twentieth century. Related: Enlightenment...

Modernity

Modernity is a constellation of assumptions, values and attitudes through which the modern period differs from previous epochs (for example from the Middle Ages) and, if such a time has indeed occurred, from the postmodern. Characterizing the period since it began in...

Morphology

Morphology is a term traditionally used to denote a branch of linguistics dedicated to the study of the form and structure of words. In the works of Luce Irigaray and the authors she influenced, morphology means something completely different, a form of our bodily...

Motivation vs. Arbitrariness

Motivation is a term used by Ferdinand de Saussure to denote that the connection between the signifier and the signified is in no way entirely arbitrary, that there is a "reasonable" motive for the connection between a signifier and a signified. Arbitrariness is a...

Myth

Myth comes from the Greek mythos, which means an event (or story). A term sometimes used in a very broad sense (actually in agreement with its original meaning in Greek) to denote a story; more often the word is used in a narrower sense (for example, an event or a...



Free Semiology Course


Check it out!

Free Course in Semiology

 

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.

 

Learn Semiology