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    Semiotics is a methodology for studying the production of meaning through analysis of the signs that cumulatively form the messages and texts that that we understand as having meaning. As a methodology for analysis it is particularly useful for studying performance. When we go to see a performance‚ what is it that we see? There is a written text that is communicated physically‚ vocally and emotionally. There is a set‚ an actual performance venue‚ there are lights‚ props etcetera. There is also time

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    Manipulation is snuck into the advertisement by putting a popular face as the spokesperson for Covergirl. When looking at the advertisement the attention is drawn directly to Pink instead of the product itself. “The logic of advertising is entirely semiotic: it substitutes signs for things‚ framed visions of consumer desire for the thing itself.” (Solomon

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    Bibliography: Chandler‚D.(2011) semiotics for begginers [internet] available from <http://users.aber.ac.uk/dgc/Documents/S4B/sem08c.html> [accessed November 2012] Claude E Daniel‚ C. (1997) David Morley’s study of the nationwide audience (1980) [internet] January‚ available from:

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    that due to the difference of semiotics from our own world and the world of Hailsham‚ what would appear to be a tragic dystopian fate to the reader‚ is an accepted fate that has become rationalized to the Hailsham students. Therefore‚ the disturbing concepts expressed in this novel do not raise the same controversy to the clones as it would to the reader. As meanings are changed and reshaped‚ the reader must adapt to the pragmatics of Hailsham and disconnect from semiotics and meaning that pertain to

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    ==================================================================== Abstract This paper is a feministic analysis of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House in Julia Kristeva’s perspective of semiotic and symbolic language. The focus of the paper is to expose the patriarchy and its ruthless exploitation of women. In the light of Kristeva’s semiotic / symbolic language modes appropriate sentences‚ clauses‚ phrases and lexemes have been specified and marked out to uncover the social status of woman‚ and to demonstrate

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    language. Besides the function in giving the texture of reality‚ language is also regarded as a social semiotic system which makes meanings between people in a society. Semiotic code is the study of signs and symbols. Prieto (1966) also defined it as the semiotic structure which based on the mutual knowledge of the sender and receiver. To create and convey meanings between one another‚ semiotic codes can be taken in many forms including languages‚ words‚ music‚ road signs‚ images and body languages

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    When critically analysing “Sh_t H_pp_ns” (Lauren Bailey‚2016) it is clear that it harnesses the power of medium to communicate the narrative using non-verbal/audio-visual signs. This includes elements of semiotics and juxtaposition. “Sh_t H_pp_ns” (Lauren Bailey 2016) will emphasise the claustrophobic toilet cubicle the protagonist Julia will find herself in. Her discomfort will be shown in her facial expressions and body language. In terms of audio-visual signs‚ there will be virtually no dialogue

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    News has changed from a text dominant platform to a multimodal news discourse‚ which now is inclusive of visual tracks. The move towards multi-semiotic news platforms has changed the nature of news and how news happenings are presented to readers. Moya (2011‚ p. 2983) states‚ “Images and language have their own specific potentials‚ that is‚ their own affordances to make meaning. It is apparent that contemporary news discourse is constructed through image composition and the placement of news values

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    Coke Advertising Analysis Introduction Semiotic analysis refers to the study of elements in an advertisement. It is a meticulous analysis of what those elements signify‚ how and when they are used‚ and the importance the society gives them. Usually they are the elements that stand out or are emphasized on mainly; can be words‚ images‚ gestures‚ sounds or pictures. Such semiotics “should be carrying some connotative meanings‚ other than the denotative ones that

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    (張愛玲著《金鎖記》Eileen Chang trans.‚ “The Golden Cangue”) Comparing Chinese and English versions in terms of Semiotics This essay is to analyze the semiotics used in Chinese and English versions of “The Golden Cangue” Semiotics is the study of signs‚ indication‚ metaphor‚ symbolism etc. “The Golden Cangue” is a story of the main character Tsao Chi Chiao as Second Mistress in the Chiangs. She was looked down upon because of her family background and being unhappy in Chiangs for thirty years.

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