semiosis
/sɛmɪˈəʊsɪs
/ /ˌsiːmɪˈəʊsɪs /noun [mass noun] Linguistics
The process of signification in language or literature.In addition to an anti-Cartesian theory of perception mentioned earlier, this move requires an updated and enriched non-representational view of language and semiosis, together with a concept of ‘sensory act’....
- In this paper, I will try to show that these contributions fail to articulate an adequate concept of embodied personhood for anthropology because they presuppose impoverished notions of semiosis and language.
- The second tendency is represented by the large number of works that draw their inspiration from a radical questioning of the structural principles defining semiosis.
Origin
Early 20th century: from Greek sēmeiosis '(inference from) a sign'.