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semiology
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se·mi·ol·o·gy also se·mei·ol·o·gy  (sm-l-j, sm-, sm-)
n.
1.
a. The science that deals with signs or sign language.
b. The use of signs in signaling, as with a semaphore.
2. Symptomatology.

[Greek smeion, sign; see semiotic + -logy.]

semi·olo·gist n.

semiology, semeiology [ˌsɛmɪˈɒlədʒɪ ˌsiːmɪ-]
n
(Linguistics) another word for semiotics
[C17 (in the sense ``sign language''): from Greek sēmeion sign + -logy]
semiologic  [ˌsɛmɪəˈlɒdʒɪk ˌsiːmɪ-], semiological, semeiologic, semeiological adj
semiologist , semeiologist n

semeiology, semiology, semology
the study or science of signs; semantics. — semeiologist, semiologist, n. — semeiologic, semiologic, semeiological, semiological, adj.
See also: Linguistics
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.semiology - (philosophy) a philosophical theory of the functions of signs and symbols
philosophy - the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory - a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy
Translations
semiology [ˌsemɪˈɒlədʒɪ] Nsemiología f
semiology [ˌsɛmɪˈɒlədʒɪ] nsemiologia


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Pierce, the German philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, and the semiologists active during the 1960s and 1970s, namely Barthes, Benveniste, Greimas, Levy-Strauss, Kristeva, and Chomsky.
Beyond or before those meanings which interest semiologists, the writer's language has a "rustle" (bruissement) to it which emanates from the multiple sites of his pleasures.
 
 
 
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