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Semiotics

Semiotics is the systematic study of sign systems and their role in constructing meaning within cultural, visual, and communicative practices across media, language, and representation.

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174.6K

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2017–2026

684

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Language, Context, and Text: Aspects of Language in a Social-Semiotic Perspective

Charles F. Meyer, Ruqaiya Hasan · TESOL Quarterly · 1987 · 4.2K citations

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Parables for the virtual: movement, affect, sensation

Choice Reviews Online · 2002 · 3.8K citations

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Desire in Language: A Semiotic Approach to Literature and Art

David William Foster, Julia Kristeva, Léon S. Roudiez et al. · Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature · 1981 · 3.1K citations

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Multimodality: A Social Semiotic Approach to Contemporary Communication

Charles Forceville · Journal of Pragmatics · 2011 · 2.8K citations · Full text

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Three Waves of Variation Study: The Emergence of Meaning in the Study of Sociolinguistic Variation

Penelope Eckert · Annual Review of Anthropology · 2012 · 1.9K citations

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Authors

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  1. KK
    Kalevi Kull

    University of Tartu, Estonia

    21 publications · 906 citations

    17

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  2. GS
    Göran Sonesson

    Lund University, Sweden

    24 publications · 746 citations

    16

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  3. KE
    Karen Emmorey

    San Diego State University, United States

    16 publications · 1K citations

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  4. UB
    Ursula Bellugi

    Salk Institute for Biological Studies, United States

    15 publications · 1.5K citations

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  5. RΒ
    Ronnie Β. Wilbur

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    16 publications · 718 citations

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Institutions

1.2K

  1. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    31 h-index

    72 publications

    7.8K citations

  2. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    24 h-index

    51 publications

    3.7K citations

  3. Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    23 h-index

    49 publications

    2.3K citations

  4. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    21 h-index

    52 publications

    2.3K citations

  5. Stockholm University

    Stockholm, Sweden

    21 h-index

    34 publications

    1.2K citations

  6. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    20 h-index

    27 publications

    2K citations

  7. University of Tartu

    Tartu, Estonia

    19 h-index

    58 publications

    1.3K citations

  8. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    18 h-index

    39 publications

    1.6K citations

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Venues

  1. Sign language studies

    SLS · 98 publications · 4.4K citations

    39

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  2. Semiotica

    159 publications · 5.2K citations

    36

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 53 publications · 9.5K citations

    36

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  4. Sign Language & Linguistics

    62 publications · 2.6K citations

    31

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  5. Social Semiotics

    62 publications · 2.4K citations

    30

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