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Eco, Riffaterre, and a poem by Baudelaire 艾柯、里法特雷和波德莱尔的一首诗

IF 0.8 3区社会学

Semiotica Pub Date : 2024-02-19 DOI: 10.1515/sem-2023-0041

John A. F. Hopkins

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Peirce’s iconicity and his image-diagram-metaphor triad revisited: complements to Stjernfelt’s Sheets, Diagrams, and Realism 皮尔斯的偶像性及其图像-图表-隐喻三要素再论：对斯特恩费尔特的《图纸、图表与现实主义》的补充

IF 0.8 3区社会学

Semiotica Pub Date : 2024-02-19 DOI: 10.1515/sem-2023-0140

Winfried Nöth

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Imagic iconicity as thematic representation in selected Nigerian children’s poetry 尼日利亚儿童诗选中作为主题表现的想象偶像性

IF 0.8 3区社会学

Semiotica Pub Date : 2024-02-14 DOI: 10.1515/sem-2021-0083

Amaka Grace Nwuche, Chinyere Loretta Ngonebu, Ogechi Chiamaka Unachukwu

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Agentive Cognitive Construction Grammar: a predictive semiotic theory of mind and language 代理认知建构语法：心智和语言的预测符号学理论

IF 0.8 3区社会学

Semiotica Pub Date : 2024-01-24 DOI: 10.1515/sem-2018-0138

Sergio Torres-Martínez

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A planar graph as a topological model of a traditional fairy tale 作为传统童话拓扑模型的平面图

IF 0.8 3区社会学

Semiotica Pub Date : 2024-01-24 DOI: 10.1515/sem-2023-0116

Nazarii Nazarov

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Civilized Global North versus rebellious Global South: a socio-semiotic analysis of media visual discourse 文明的全球北方与反叛的全球南方：对媒体视觉话语的社会-符号学分析

IF 0.8 3区社会学

Semiotica Pub Date : 2024-01-22 DOI: 10.1515/sem-2023-0081

Rahat Bashir, Musarat Yasmin

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Origins of money: a Motivation & Sedimentation Model (MSM) analysis 金钱的起源：动机与沉淀模型（MSM）分析

IF 0.8 3区社会学

Semiotica Pub Date : 2024-01-22 DOI: 10.1515/sem-2023-0031

Todd Oakley, Jordan Zlatev

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The grotesque as a literary issue 作为文学问题的怪诞

IF 0.8 3区社会学

Semiotica Pub Date : 2024-01-22 DOI: 10.1515/sem-2022-0090

Gulmariya Ospanova, Altynai Askarova, Balzhan Agabekova, Assel Zhutayeva, Saule Askarova

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Representing youth as vulnerable social media users: a social semiotic analysis of the promotional materials from The Social Dilemma 将青年表述为弱势社交媒体用户：对《社交困境》宣传材料的社会符号学分析

IF 0.8 3区社会学

Semiotica Pub Date : 2024-01-19 DOI: 10.1515/sem-2023-0047

Wei Jhen Liang, Fei Victor Lim

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Intralingual translation in didactic practice: five case studies 教学实践中的语内翻译：五个案例研究

IF 0.8 3区社会学

Semiotica Pub Date : 2024-01-19 DOI: 10.1515/sem-2022-0097

Aage Hill-Madsen

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