Semiotics are the study of signs. It helps us to understand how humans 'read' or make meaning of the images, pictures and visual signs that they see.
There are three individuals who developed semiotics:
- Ferdinand de Saussure
- Charlie Pierce
- Roland Barthles
A sign refers to a meaning other than itself; it works as a pointer to think in a certain way. This meaning depends on the culture of the individual reading the sign. Most of our communication is via signs, such as grunting, hand gestures, sounds or drawn symbols.
During our lesson with Mrs Griffiths, we had a task to complete to see what we could connote from different signs and words, these signs could have more than one meaning. We could connote different meaning's from the sign depending on our interpretations of the sign.
| Sign What is denoted? | The meaning (s) what is connoted? |
£
|
Pounds, money
|
$
|
Dollars, money
|
!
|
exaggeration
|
©
|
Plagerism
|
☺
|
Happiness
|
♥
|
Love, romance,
relationships
|
♫
|
Musical, music
|
A rose
|
Love, romance
|
The moon
|
Night time
|
A cross
|
Religion
|
A teardrop
|
Unhappiness or
happiness
|
A bead of sweat
|
Hot
|
white
|
Light, purity
|
black
|
darkness
|
Green
|
Freshness,
jealousy, natural
|
blue
|
Cool, water, calm
|
Red
|
Danger, hot
|
The table above is what I have connoted from each of the signs given, some people within my class may have different connotations to what I have, this is because each individual interprets things differently.
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