Semiotics is the study of how humans communicate especially the study of how we created meaning and how meaning is understood by the people to whom meaning is being communicated. It is also the study of how we use symbols such as letters and numbers to transfer meaning between parties.
This branch of study is also referred to as “semiotic studies” and “semiology”.
The word “semiotics” is derived from the Greek word semeiotikos which means “interpreter of signs.”
In English, the term was first used by the British writer and scholar Henry Stubbes in 1670. Twenty years later, in 1690, John Locke used the term in his work “An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.” Some important figures in the history of semiotics include: Charles Sanders Peirce, Ferdinand de Saussure , William Dwight Whitney, Louis Trolle Hjelmslev , Charles W. Morris, Umberto Eco, Algirdas Julien Greimas, Thomas A. Sebeok, Juri Lotman, and Valentin Volosinov.
This branch of study is also referred to as “semiotic studies” and “semiology”.
The word “semiotics” is derived from the Greek word semeiotikos which means “interpreter of signs.”
In English, the term was first used by the British writer and scholar Henry Stubbes in 1670. Twenty years later, in 1690, John Locke used the term in his work “An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.” Some important figures in the history of semiotics include: Charles Sanders Peirce, Ferdinand de Saussure , William Dwight Whitney, Louis Trolle Hjelmslev , Charles W. Morris, Umberto Eco, Algirdas Julien Greimas, Thomas A. Sebeok, Juri Lotman, and Valentin Volosinov.