Lecture 2: Material Culture and The Everyday The Secret Meaning of Things.
Language mediates (Barton, 2009) Language mediates our experience written texts can do this in a powerful way To mediate = to bring two things closer.
Dr. Bibhuti Mahapatra, KReSIT, IIT BombayIntroduction to Linguistics1 An Introduction to Linguistics Bibhuti Bhusan Mahapatra.
Semiotics Study of Signs. o The Arnolfini Marriage o Jan van Eyck 1434 o Fashion o Head Dress o Heavy Clothing, Green o Bed o Dog o Shoes o Oranges o.
Introduction & Theoretical Applications. 1857-1913 Linguist Granddaddy of semiotics French dude moustache pioneer.
Of Grammatology Philosophy 157 G. J. Mattey ©2002.
Writing Analysis Connotation vs Denotation Corey Cameron 27 April 2007 “When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less.”
Semiotics Readings: Theory Text Ch. 5, 3:5, 3:6. Semiotics on-line Semiotics as the “study of signs” (very basic definition) Other useful terminology.
Literary Theories. An Introduction - the method used to interpret a work of literature - just as there are many genres of literature (romance, horror,
Message and Meaning Semiotics and Beyond…. Maria Costantino.
