LING109- LANGUAGE‚ CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION STUDY NOTES Week 1 Introduction Systemic functional social semiotics asks questions about meaning making in cultural contexts e.g. functions of language Experiential function: Representational meaning- what does the text represent? Interpersonal function: Modal meaning/ interpersonal meaning- how does the text engage
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thoughts‚ or ideas on paper‚ which also gave us the idea that without life there would be no literature. Indefinitely‚ many come to believe that literature is life. Representation falls into this area as well which creates two more sub-categories; semiotics‚ meaning a general theory of signs‚ and aesthetics‚ a general theory of arts. If you think about liturgical works and pieces‚ you can recognize that they consist of many forms of art‚ also consisting of signs and symbols‚ depending on the form of
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Systemic functional linguistics is the study of the relationship between language and its functions in social setting. In systemic functional linguistics‚ three strata make up the linguistic system: meaning (semantics)‚ sound (phonology) and wording or lexicogrammar (syntax‚ morphology and lexis). Systemic functional linguistics treats grammar as a meaning-making resource and insists on the interrelation of form and meaning. According to Halliday‚ language has developed in response to three kinds
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specifically on languages in history rather than general linguistics. (Chandler‚ 2013) His studies in semiotics began in the early 1900’s where he focused on the nature of the signs as a part of behaviour (Leeds-Hurwitz‚ 2012‚ p. 6) and believed that “language is a system of signs that expresses ideas‚ and is therefore comparable to a system of writing.” (Innis‚ 1986 p. 231) Saussure’s studies in semiotics lead him to the belief that speech is only possible because it is based on the system of language
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connotations: for instance‚ sexual connotations. ’Is there any such thing as a single entendre?’ quipped the comic actor Kenneth Williams (we all know that ’a thing is a phallic symbol if it’s longer than it’s wide’‚ as the singer Melanie put it). In semiotics‚ denotation and connotation are terms describing the relationship between the signifier and its signified‚ and an analytic distinction is made between two types of signifieds: a denotative signified and a connotative signified. Meaning includes both
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Submitted to: Dr. Serwat Rasul Prepared by: Basharat Rasheed Mirza‚ MPhil. Linguistics‚ NCBA & E‚ Gujrat. Contents • Introduction • Objectives • Literature Review ▫ The Term: Discourse ▫ The Term: Discourse Analysis ▫ Multimodal Discourse Analysis ▫ Semiotic Analysis • Data and Research methodology • Data Analysis • Conclusion • References Introduction • DA has emerged as a separate discipline and a significant field in linguistics. • The field of DA is so vast that other disciplines like Sociology
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Today we will be using Barthes’ model of semiotics to analyze how certain elements within ads have been selected and organized to convey meaning. Also we will be critically evaluating the effectiveness of the ad as a piece of visual communication. The print ad which I have chosen is by an Italian clothing manufacturer‚ Diesel. Diesel is well known for touching on global issues in a signature over-the-top and often surreal way. In 2007 they launched the campaign “Global Warming Ready” that highlights
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This essay is about to analyse certain media text by using particular semiotic codes. The semiology study in particular is based on theory developed by Saussure and Pierce and means study of the signs in the text. According to Saussure the ‘language is a system of signs that express ideas’ (Saussure 1915/1966 cited in Berger‚ 2012:7). When media analysis is made it is about to show the relationship between the signs in certain text. Pierce states that everything we do can be seen as sign. According
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Cultural Studies I – Sarah Baartman and the Politics of Looking “The expropriation and appropriation of Sarah Baartman by the colonial and capitalist gaze has lasted long enough. It is not a good idea to create new images of her‚ because each new image repeats and continues the past exploitation and humiliation of her body.” In the article The arena of imaginings: Sarah Bartmann and the ethics of representation‚ Rosemarie Buikema looks into the controversy around Willie Bester’s statue
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