Representation Of Signs Research Articles

FlexibleCP: A data augmentation strategy for traffic sign detection

AbstractIn the field of traffic sign detection, effective data augmentation can improve the model's detection capacity, enabling the model to distinguish and locate traffic signs more precisely and enhancing driving safety. However, due to the small size and low representation of traffic signs in the dataset, standard common data augmentation techniques are not suitable for traffic sign detection. To address this issue, a novel data augmentation strategy called flexible cut and paste (FlexibleCP) is proposed. The overall enhancement approach is shifted from multi‐image fusion to target cropping and pasting. By introducing parameters to control the target pasting ratio and scaling ratio, the diversity of small target data and their size variations are enriched. Additionally, target size and type filters are added to enable targeted enhancement for different sizes and types of targets. This study, evaluates the proposed strategy using two representative traffic sign detection datasets, namely CTSD and GTSDB. The experimental results demonstrate a significant improvement in both detection and recognition performance of the model: on the CTSD dataset, the models trained with FlexibleCP data enhancement achieve 88.9% and 64.5% mAP0.5 and mAP0.5:0.95, respectively, which are 3.5% and 2.5% better than those trained with mosaic data enhancement; on the GTSDB dataset mAP0.5 and mAP0.5:0.95 reached 89.2% and 56.0%, respectively, an improvement of 4.0% and 3.9% over mosaic.

Linguistic landscape as social identity construction of the public space: an empirical study of the plain region of Darjeeling district

ABSTRACT In the past decade, Linguistic Landscape Studies (LLS) have grown into a robust discipline within sociolinguistics. There is a growing focus on multilingualism within linguistic landscape (LL) scholarship, which is gaining traction in European contexts. However, empirical research conducted in Indian contexts has been notably scarce despite India’s potential as a multilingual society. This study addresses the research gap by focusing on an Indian urban context, i.e. Siliguri. The study aims to explore the social identity construction of Siliguri through LL in light of the theoretical underpinning proposed by Landry and Bourhis (1997) and Ben-Rafael et al. (2006). A total of 446 photographic data were collected and analysed employing a mixed method analysis. The findings show five languages in the LL: English, Bengali, Hindi, Nepali, and Urdu. English is the most commonly used language, followed by Bengali, Hindi, Nepali, and Urdu. Furthermore, the finding shows the city as an emerging commercial hub in the entire North Bengal, leaning towards Western cultural influences and the process of globalisation. The predominant representation of English signs in public spaces also proves their high symbolic value in the city, making it a language with ‘linguistic capital’.

A Peircean semiotic analysis of House Stark in A game of thrones

ABSTRACT This study investigates how Peircean semiotics can unpack the multifaceted meanings associated with House Stark, Starks’ sigil ‘direwolf’ and their motto ‘winter is coming’ in George R. R. Martin’s A game of thrones. It presents Charles S. Peirce’s semeiosis, the mathematical and Kantian origins of Peirce’s triadicity and his triadic representation of signs comprising representamen, interpretant and object. In the novel, Peirce’s representamen is the direwolf sigil, the interpretant is the motto ‘winter is coming’ and the object is House Stark. The investigators explore direct relationships between representamen–interpretant (sigil–motto), interpretant–object (motto–House Stark) and object–representamen (House Stark–sigil). They conclude how the context has changed the meaning of Starks’ sigil and motto. While the study posits that every sign and sentence in the novel functions as a Peircean sign, this investigation focuses on three elements of House Stark: the sigil, the motto and the house itself. The novel has excellent room for future research, particularly by applying Peircean semiotics as an analytical tool. This approach promises a fresh perspective on the story’s elements and a deeper understanding of how the narrative reflects and connects to real-world social structures, events and broader themes.

Influence of Conservation Methods on the sour cherry (Cerasus vulgaris Mill.) fruits quality

Objective: Sour cherry fruits (Cerasus vulgaris Mill.) belong to the Rosaceae family and are designed as a GRAS ingredient based on the FDA data. Animal experiments and clinical practice confirm that there are many positive pharmacological effects mainly related to anthocyanins. Development of standard regulations for this kind of medicinal plant raw materials is actual to introduce sour cherry fruits into official medical practice. In our research, we investigate macroscopic and microscopic properties and determine the content of tanning substances and anthocyanins in sour cherry fruits of various kinds of conservation. Materials and methods: Modern complex of physicochemical methods was used in pharmacognostical research. Microscopic analysis was performed on a LOMO Micmed-6 microscope with 10× eyepieces, 4×, 10×, 40× and 100× objectives, photographies were taken with a Sony Xperia Z3 compact digital camera. The content of total anthocyanins in terms of cyanidin-3-О-glucoside was determined by differential UV-spectrophotometry, total tannins content – by redox titration. Results and discussion: The anomocytic stomatal complex, fruits pulp druses, anthocyanins containing in the epidermis and fruits pulp cells, and vessels are typical signs for the sour cherry fruits anatomy structure. A conservation method has not to effect on visual representation of diagnostic signs. The contents of tanning substances are little; it is from 2.73±0.08% to 4.12±0.13% in terms of tannin. Maximal anthocyanin contents (in terms of cyanidin-3-glucoside and in absolutely dried raw material) were determined in fresh-frozen sour cherry fruits (after defrosting (with juice and without kernel) is 5.40±0.15% or in terms of moisture-containing raw materials (without kernel) – 0.690±0.019%. In the defrosted fruits without juice, the content of anthocyanins is two times lower in terms of completely dried raw material (without kernel), it is 2.77±0.12% or in terms of moisture-containing raw material (without kernel), it is 0.410±0.018%. In the juice released from cherry fruits after defrosting anthocyanin content in terms of cyanidin-3-glucoside is of 0.450±0.007% (g/100ml juice), in dried sour cherry fruits (without kernel) – 4.34±0.17%, which is lower than in fresh-frozen raw materials. It can be explained by the varietal features, as well by the conservation conditions; this matter is to be further studied. Contents of tanning substances in fresh-frozen and dried sour cherry fruits when storage during 4 months is insignificantly reduced, but it is established that contents of anthocyanin in terms of cyanidin-3-glucoside reduces 1.5 times in 4 months, if the raw material is frozen, and it reduces by 10% if the raw material is dried. Conclusion: Diagnostic signs of macroscopic and microscopic structures, contents of tanning substances and anthocyanins in terms of cyanidin 3-glycoside in sour cherry fruits were studied. The content of the main groups of biologically active substances decreases equally during storage of dried and frozen cherry fruits. When defrosting, it is necessary to carefully collect the juice, as it contains the bulk of the anthocyanins. It is promising to study various options for freezing and drying of cherry fruits with kernels in order to reduce the loss of fruits juice to a minimum. In this case, it is important to ensure that the kernels are whole (not destroyed), in order to avoid the ingress of cyanogenic glycosides into the medicinal plant material. The results will be used to develop normative documentation for sour cherry fruits.

Effect of Signs Types on Level of Traffic Signs Understanding of Motorcyclists

Insufficient comprehension of traffic signs among motorcyclists is a contributing factor to traffic accidents. Furthermore, the ability to comprehend these signs is closely tied to the cognitive process of accurately interpreting the information conveyed, with one of the key influencing factors being the representation of signs themselves. Therefore, this research aimed to examine the effect of sign types on the understanding of traffic signs, utilizing an experimental research approach that employed a between-subject, randomized multi-group design. A sample of 80 motorcyclists aged 17-25 residing in the Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi (Jabodetabek) areas was involved in the research. Participants were exposed to ten unfamiliar warning signs displayed on a computer, presented in three different formats, namely symbol, text, and symbol + text. Understanding of traffic signs was measured by level of signs comprehension (accuracy). The results showed that signs types significantly affected understanding of traffic signs. Furthermore, text and symbol + text signs resulted in higher level of understanding compared to symbols. The research implied the need for textual elements in the designs of warning signs to optimize understanding of traffic signs among motorcyclists.

Linguistic explication of the concept of FORGIVENESS in the Avar and Russian conceptosphere

This article is an analysis of the peculiarities of the linguistic embodiment of the concept of FORGIVENESS in the context of Russian and Avar linguistic cultures based on the material of religious texts and paremias. The analysis is based on a comprehensive methodological approach that includes linguistic and cultural methods of analysis. The linguistic embodiment of the concept manifests itself in a wide range of linguistic means - from words and expressions to proverbs and catch phrases. The specificity of the concept of FORGIVENESS is manifested in a parallel explication of both the reality of the religious picture of the world and the everyday one. The similarities in the representation of the conceptual signs of forgiveness in the compared languages are characteristic of the conceptual component of the concept, the differences are determined by the interpretative and meaningful spheres. The communicative situation of forgiveness is closely related to another situation of repentance, apology. The objects of the situation of forgiveness can be sin, harm, offense, debt. The concept of FORGIVENESS in both linguistic cultures has a purely positive connotation. And it is regarded as something without which life is impossible, meaningless. Forgiveness brings relief both to the one who receives forgiveness and to the one who gives forgiveness. The study showed that the concept of FORGIVENESS penetrates into all spheres of people's lives and makes them seriously think about their attitude to understanding the most important spiritual components of human life. The consideration of concrete examples of the linguistic use of these concepts in speech shows their versatility and high importance in the Russian and Avar linguistic cultures.

Verbal representation of the central conceptual signs of male fidelity in German and Russian literary texts

The purpose of the article is to identify and establish common and distinctive central features of the concept of Male fidelity based on the material of German and Russian literary texts of the first half of the twentieth century. The object of the study are lexemes representing the value representation of the linguistic and cultural concept of Male fidelity in the Russian and German languages. The subject of the proposed research is the lexical and semantic explication of the conceptual component of the concept of Male fidelity in German and Russian literary texts, the direction of realism in the first half of the twentieth century. The study used such methods as: definitional analysis, component analysis, comparative method, as well as the reception of quantitative calculations. In the work, as a scientific novelty, it is proposed to study for the first time the verbalization of the conceptual component of the concept of Male fidelity on the material of literary texts in a comparative aspect. The analysis allows us to conclude that the conceptual component of the concept can be verbally represented in the form of specific central features of the concept under study. Also, as a result of the conducted research, the presence of one common central feature of the concept of Male fidelity was established, namely: loyalty to the profession. However, there are also distinctive signs. In German art texts – constancy in the chosen style of clothing, and in Russian art texts - devotion to their ideas, constancy in the noble behavior of men, practicality as a manifestation of the constancy of a man's behavior.

Context-Aware and Attention-Driven Weighted Fusion Traffic Sign Detection Network

The detection and recognition of traffic signs in complex environments has received extensive attention, and the correct detection of small targets and occluded targets are two key issues. This paper proposes a context-aware and attention-driven weighted fusion network for traffic sign detection. Specifically, the design of context module not only enhances the diversity of global features, but also reduces the sensitivity of convolution to occluded objects. In addition, the attention-driven weighted fusion feature pyramid is designed to efficiently fuse deep semantic information and shallow representation information, enhance the transfer of foreground positioning information, eliminate the problems of semantic spacing and noise interference in the process of feature fusion, and enhance the network’s representation of small and occluded traffic signs. The experimental results on the traffic sign dataset TT100K show that the method is effective and superior.

Comparison of the mental representation of traffic signs in Ecuador: Regulatory signs and warning signs

Comparison of the mental representation of traffic signs in Ecuador: Regulatory signs and warning signs

Национальный корпус русского языка как инструмент изучения прецедентных знаков высокой культуры со сферой-источником «русская классическая литература»

The aim of the study is to identify the advantages of the resources of the National Corpus of the Russian Language (hereinafter referred to as the NCRL) for an objective assessment of the degree of prevalence and activity of Russian literature classics’ works reception in modern professional and social media. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the fact that for the first time the algorithm for searching not only for precedent signs with the source sphere “Russian classical literature”, but also for their transforms in the NCRL is described. The obtained data showed that, being an important tool for searching for precedent signs of various types and having a large amount of resources for analysing research material, NCRL does not always allow drawing sufficiently substantiated conclusions. It is necessary to refer to the resources of other corpora for an objective assessment of the quantitative representation of high culture signs in media texts, the genre affiliation of these texts, the nature of the transformation of the precedent sign. The selection and marking of the texts from other corpora is carried out automatically and therefore includes relevant text materials from professional and social media,

A novel framework to estimate cognitive impairment via finger interaction with digital devices.

Measuring cognitive function is essential for characterizing brain health and tracking cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s Disease and other neurodegenerative conditions. Current tools to accurately evaluate cognitive impairment typically rely on a battery of questionnaires administered during clinical visits which is essential for the acquisition of repeated measurements in longitudinal studies. Previous studies have shown that the remote data collection of passively monitored daily interaction with personal digital devices can measure motor signs in the early stages of synucleinopathies, as well as facilitate longitudinal patient assessment in the real-world scenario with high patient compliance. This was achieved by the automatic discovery of patterns in the time series of keystroke dynamics, i.e. the time required to press and release keys, by machine learning algorithms. In this work, our hypothesis is that the typing patterns generated from user-device interaction may reflect relevant features of the effects of cognitive impairment caused by neurodegeneration. We use machine learning algorithms to estimate cognitive performance through the analysis of keystroke dynamic patterns that were extracted from mechanical and touchscreen keyboard use in a dataset of cognitively normal (n = 39, 51% male) and cognitively impaired subjects (n = 38, 60% male). These algorithms are trained and evaluated using a novel framework that integrates items from multiple neuropsychological and clinical scales into cognitive subdomains to generate a more holistic representation of multifaceted clinical signs. In our results, we see that these models based on typing input achieve moderate correlations with verbal memory, non-verbal memory and executive function subdomains [Spearman’s ρ between 0.54 (P < 0.001) and 0.42 (P < 0.001)] and a weak correlation with language/verbal skills [Spearman’s ρ 0.30 (P < 0.05)]. In addition, we observe a moderate correlation between our typing-based approach and the Total Montreal Cognitive Assessment score [Spearman’s ρ 0.48 (P < 0.001)]. Finally, we show that these machine learning models can perform better by using our subdomain framework that integrates the information from multiple neuropsychological scales as opposed to using the individual items that make up these scales. Our results support our hypothesis that typing patterns are able to reflect the effects of neurodegeneration in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease and that this new subdomain framework both helps the development of machine learning models and improves their interpretability.

Review and Assessment of Patient-Reported Outcomes (PRO) in Patients with Chemotherapy-Induced Anemia (CIA)

OBJECTIVES: Chemotherapy-induced anemia (CIA) is a common adverse event of cancer treatment and is associated with several symptoms that negatively impact health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Due to the nature of CIA signs and symptoms, the use of fit-for-purpose PRO measures reflecting patients' experience of the disease and its treatment is an important step in drug development and evaluation. In this project, we aimed to review and assess the most commonly used PRO measures to best capture the experiences of patients with non-myeloid malignancies.METHODS: A targeted literature review (TLR), including searches of the OVID database, US FDA/European Medicines Agency (EMA), clinical trial databases, regulatory labelling data and health technology assessment (HTA) reports/payer landscape recommendations, was conducted to identify PRO measures used to capture symptoms and HRQoL outcomes in non-myeloid cancer patients with CIA (2008-2021). PRO measures were identified from published studies, phase 2-4 clinical trials, and categorized according to the concept(s) measured and cancer type. Study outcomes were used to determine the optimal PRO strategy to capture the CIA symptoms of patients with non-myeloid cancer. The concepts captured from PROs identified in the TLR were used to develop a preliminary ‘conceptual model’: a graphical representation of signs and symptoms, and the perceived impact on HRQoL.Selected PRO measures, most relevant to the study objectives, were evaluated for their reliability, validity, responsiveness, and extent to which they cover HRQoL domains of interest and, in relation to the current regulatory environment, industry standards and guidance (e.g., FDA Guidance For Industry: Patient-Reported Outcome Measures, 2009). Reviews of the HTA guidelines and reports were conducted to provide insights into the applicability of PRO data from an HTA perspective.RESULTS: The conceptual model captured fatigue as the most important disease-related symptom experienced by non-myeloid cancer patients with CIA (Figure). The OVID search identified 17 PRO measures, which were then categorized by the key CIA-related concepts they assessed, including: sleep quality; HRQoL; anemia-related symptoms; depression/anxiety; and work productivity/activity impairment. The most frequently used PRO was the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Fatigue (FACT-F, N=11), followed by the FACT-Anemia (FACT-An, N=6). Ten PRO measures were identified from Phase 2-4 ongoing/completed US clinical trials and 6 PROs from EU clinical trials, with FACT-F (N=13) being the most common instrument used . FDA and EMA HRQoL-related product labelling information included the FACT-An, European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30) and Cancer Linear Analogue Scale (CLAS).From the TLR results, 9 PRO measures were selected for further review: FACT-An (An, Anemia); FACT-F; FACT-G (G, General); Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-F; Patient-reported Outcomes Measurement Information System-F; Brief Fatigue Inventory; Visual Analogue Scale-F; Fatigue Symptom Inventory; and EORTC QLQ-C30. Of these, FACT-An was the only PRO measure specifically developed to measure fatigue and HRQoL in anemic cancer patients. FACT-An includes four HRQoL domains (assessing physical, social/family, emotional and functional wellbeing) from the FACT-G, plus an anemia subscale that comprises a fatigue subscale (13 items) and 7 anemia-specific questions.Results from the HTA/payer landscape review also indicated that the majority of recent HTA submissions reported findings from EORTC QLQ-C30 alongside the EORTC disease-specific adaptations for oncology-related indications and the EQ-5D. Many of the recent HTAs reported data from 2 or more different PRO measures.CONCLUSIONS: CIA impacts various aspects of patients' HRQoL; however, current PRO measures may only partially capture concepts of interest to patients. Multiple measures may be needed to adequately reflect all domains affected by CIA. Future studies may consider conducting concept elicitation interviews with patients and clinicians, to inform future updates to the conceptual model, and validation work to estimate meaningful change thresholds for these measures if not available. [Display omitted] DisclosuresMorga: Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd.: Current Employment. Atzinger: Astellas Pharma Inc.: Current Employment. Barsdorf: Clinical Outcomes Solutions: Current Employment. New: IQVIA: Current Employment. Alexandre: Astellas Pharma Europe B.V.: Current Employment.

Comparison of the mental representation of traffic signs in Ecuador

"Comparison of the mental representation of traffic signs in Ecuador." Traffic Injury Prevention, 22(sup1), pp. S183–S184

The revived street names of Piliscsév

Abstract The characteristics of linguistic landscape are significantly impacted by the legal status of a language in question. Not all Slovak settlements in Hungary equally exploit the opportunities provided by law. Public space is a constantly transforming phenomenon which is in continuous motion; therefore, research in linguistic landscape always reflects a certain state or moment. Signboards and street signs appearing in the public space, the objects of our study, reveal a great deal of the linguistic dominance of a particular milieu, Piliscsév in this case. In case of bilingual street names, the most dominant practice is the Hungarian-Slovak bilingualism; thus, in most cases Hungarian signs are determining. Concerning the visual representation of street signs in Piliscsév, we have observed an interesting phenomenon which is unique and untraditional in the Slovak community in Hungary. The visual presence of Slovak language in street names indicates not only the representation of the ethnic language but also the local and ethnic bonds of the town.

Alishan’s poem “Hrazdan”: Polyvariety of Meanings, Interpretations, Translations

The question of polyvariant existence of meanings, interpretations of the poem “Hrazdan” (and its translations) by G. Alishan is considered. The novelty of the research is seen in the multidimensionality of synoptic research with an appeal to the concepts of polyvariance as a research tool, “hot” chronological periods (attention to linguistic culture) and points (anniversaries). The phenomenon of the text-heritage is studied in its historical perspective. A brief overview of the Russian-Armenian literary relationship is carried out. The Russian-Armenian literary relationship is characterized as a factor contributing to the formation of the text-heritage. The importance of the creative work researching of the outstanding Armenian figure G. Alishan is noted. The authors dwell on the history of the texts of the invariant and variants of translations into Russian, English and French (four translations). The author’s development of a synoptic model of the philological analysis of a poetic text and its translations is presented. The questions of representation of ethnocultural signs (onyms) in translation variants are touched upon. The consequences of their elimination or equivalence are commented on (the onomastic layer of the text is examined). Various translation strategies are evaluated. The features of the representation of emotions by interjections in the original and in the translation variants are compared. The technique of recursion in the refrain is revealed, its specificity in translations is discussed.

Mental representation of traffic signs and their classification: informative signs

The effect of traffic signs in the driving behavior is not fully understood yet. The knowledge of humans’ cognitive processing of the meaning of traffic signs will improve response time to those signs and the decision making carried out by drivers. Literature shows that signs – that are not-well designed – produce counterproductive effects on movement. This study sounds out which are precisely the Ecuadorian, informative traffic signs more cognitive ergonomic for participants and classify them by using the criteria of representativity, univocity and numbers of errors provoked by them. Doing so, it can be detected which traffic signs need to be redesigned. The economic, social and psychological consequences of car accidents are enough important to carry out this study, which aims to increase road safety.

Effectiveness of various communication strategies for improving childhood pneumonia case management: a community based behavioral open labeled trial in rural Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

BackgroundCommunity acquired pneumonia is responsible for 16% of under 5 mortality in India, probably due to delayed recognition and qualified care seeking. Therefore these deaths could possibly be averted by creating community awareness and promoting care seeking from qualified physicians in the government system. The objective of study was to assess the effectiveness of facility-based and village-based behavior change communication interventions delivered to community using validated information, education and communication materials, along with infrastructural strengthening of health facilities, for change in care seeking from government system for community acquired pneumonia in rural Lucknow, India.MethodCommunity based open labeled behavioral trial in 2 by 2 factorial design was conducted in eight rural blocks of Lucknow, northern India. Trained community health workers conducted Pneumonia Awareness Sessions once a month for the care givers of children using validated information, education and communication materials either at the villages or at government health facilities. Prior infrastructural strengthening of public health facilities was done to provide optimal care to cases. Pre packed pneumonia drug kits were provided which had amoxicillin, paracetamol and an instruction card on their use as well as pictorial representation of danger signs of pneumonia.ResultsStudy lasted from October 2015 to September 2018. Adherence to conduct of facility-based intervention was 93.0% (279/300) and to village-based intervention was 73.4% (7638/10410). In village-based intervention there was 79.3% (p < 0.0001) increase from a baseline of 3.3% (14/420) and facility-based intervention 68.9% (p = 0.02) increase from a baseline of 5.35% (21/392) in cases of possible pneumonia treated at government health facilities.ConclusionConduct of structured pneumonia awareness session using validated information, education and communication material at village level with infrastructural strengthening resulted in improved qualified care seeking from government facilities for community acquired pneumonia.Trial registrationAEARCTR-0003137, retrospectively registered on 10/July/2018.

PSYCHOLOGICAL MECHANISMS OF STEREOTYPE DEVELOPMENT ON TELEVISION (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE EUROPEAN MIGRATION CRISIS OF 2015-2016)

This article discusses some mechanisms for the stereotype development on television. It is known that television has much more opportunities and ways of conveying the meaning, and its impact on the audience is more effective than that of the print media. This, in turn, leads to large volumes and depth of representation of various cognitive signs of a stereotype, and a high degree of impact on the television audience. We have used the content analysis to study the news programs of Russian channels "Pervyi Kanal", "Rossiya 24", "NTV". This article presents only some of the conclusions drawn by us. In particular, we drew attention to the fact that the stereotype fixation occurs due to the accumulation of a large volume of certain information. And a stereotype change requires that this information contrasts sharply with the already existing stereotypes. We have traced whether such processes are taking place on Russian television on the example of the European migration crisis. In our opinion, the Russian television has not accumulated sharply contrasting information for the period under study. However, we noticed that information about migrants contained stereotyped settings. At the same time, the cognitive, affective and behavioral components were clearly distinguished in the stereotypes, and the information itself was given dynamically and cyclically

Mental representation of traffic signs and their classification: Warning signs

The effect of traffic signs in the motor behavior of drivers is not fully understood yet. Knowing about how humans process the meaning of signs will improve response time to those signs and the decision making carried out when driving. Literature shows that the signs that are not-well designed produce counterproductive effect on movement. This study sounds out which are precisely the warning, Ecuadorian-traffic signs more ergonomic for participants, from a cognitive point of view, and classifies them by using the criteria of representativity, univocity and numbers of errors provoked by them. With this, it can be detected which traffic signs need to be redesigned. The economic, social and psychological consequences of car accidents are well-known. Every single effort orientated to the solution of this social problem is welcome.

HIPERSEMIOTIKA

This study aims to describe the distortion of semiotics as a theory of lie in the reinterpretation of the Qur'anic Studies. In Umberto Eco's view, semiotics is a discipline that studies everything that can be used to lie. That is, between what is said or written in a semiotic study doesn't match with reality. There is an asymmetric relationship between signs and reality. There is a deep gulf between a sign and referent. The concept, content, or meaning of what is spoken or written does not fit the reality described. In the interpretation of the text of the Qur'an takes a synchronic approach to know the historic meaning so the meaning of the Qur'an can be understood contextually. The actualization of semiotics as an interpretation approach of the Qur'an only touches the outside of the verses of the Qur'an textually and denies the historical meaning. So the role of semiotics in interpreting the verses of the Qur'an textually needs to be reviewed. This method of this research using descriptive qualitative method. The results of this study indicate the representation of signs in the Qur'an using the semiotics approach reap a lie based on the principles of change and transformation, imanention, language games, and simulation.