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semiotic
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se·mi·ot·ic  (sm-tk, sm-, sm-) also se·mi·ot·i·cal (--kl) or se·mei·ot·ic (sm-, sm-, sm-) also se·mei·ot·i·cal (--kl)
adj.
1. Of or relating to semiotics.
2. Relating to symptomatology.

[Greek smeitikos, observant of signs, significant, from smeisis, indication, from smeioun, to signal, to interpret as a sign, from smeion, sign, from sma.]

semi·oti·cal·ly adv.

semiotic, semeiotic [ˌsɛmɪˈɒtɪk ˌsiːmɪ-]
adj
1. (Linguistics) relating to signs and symbols, esp spoken or written signs
2. (Linguistics) relating to semiotics
3. (Medicine) of, relating to, or resembling the symptoms of disease; symptomatic
[from Greek sēmeiōtikos taking note of signs, from sēmeion a sign]

semiotics, semiotic
the study of the relationship between symbology and language. — semiotician, semioticist, n.
See also: Linguistics
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Adj.1.semiotic - of or relating to semiotics; "semiotic analysis"
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semiotic [ˌsemɪˈɒtɪk] ADJsemiótico
semiotic
adjsemiotisch


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Lawrence R Sipe, How Pictures Books Work: A Semiotically Framed Theory of Text-picture Relationships, " Children's Literature in education 29, no 2.
The starting point of this moment is not semiotically empty but semiotically flowing in the universe of related possibilities of signification, and the unique combination of such related possibilities orients the poet toward the formation of new meaning which lives in the newly combined form of the signa.
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