Semiotic Triangle Research Articles

Semiotic Analysis of the Mangabing Partadingan Tradition in the Simalungun Region

The aim of this research is to analyze the symbols in the Mangabing Partadingan tradition of the Simalingun tribe in the Simalungun area, North Sumatra. The analytical theory used is Charles Sanders Pierce's semiotic triangle, which consists of the following elements: Representation, Object, and Interpretant. This research uses descriptive qualitative methods. The analytical theory used is Charles Sanders Peirce's semiotic triangle, which includes representament, object and interpretant. This research uses a qualitative descriptive method. This research data was collected through observation, interviews and documentation. The research results show that there are 13 symbols in the Mangabing Partadingan tradition, namely: (1). Tenger rice sanggolom, (2). Pining Hinupas, (3). Pining Binatis Sanggolom, (4). Huning ovaries, (5). Gambir, (6). Cotton, (7). Timbahaou, (8). Cotton, (9). Selamatu, (10). Demban Gunringan, (11). Doraham, (12). Bonang Manalu, (13). Partadingan. Each symbol in the Mangabing Partadingan tradition of the Simalungun tribe has its own meaning.

SUSTAINABILITY AND SEMIOTICS IN TRANSCENDENT IN SELECTED CULTURAL SPACES AND BUILT-FORMS OF SOUTHWEST NIGERIA

Sustainability is central to all human endeavours including architecture as a built environment and cultural discipline. Acase study on semiotics and meaning of built-forms and spaces partly usedYorubalanguage built-formlexiconsforidentification, sometimesproper appreciation and interpretation based on the study areas Mutual Contextual Beliefs for transcendent relevance. Semiotics a language of sign and symbols was used to interpretbuilt-forms in the study area to see if their symbolic characteristics were environmentally responsive, energy, efficient, socially inclusive and economically affordable to besustainable architecture.This paper aimed to show how some of the study areascultural built-forms and practices, have transcended past usage into a continued present-day application.Thesustainable cultural qualities,of thesebuilt-forms and spaces, werediscovered in few currently relevant spaces like the impluvium courtyard, the forecourt/balcony and roof-loftetcetera. Semiotic theoretical frameworks theories of Saussure and Pierce, like the semiotic triangle Ecos, denotation and connotation theories, iconic, lexical and symbolic semiotic classifications were deployed. It was found and concluded that somecultural built-forms and spaces were sustainable and fit for contemporary application.

Symbolic Communication of the Tuntung Pandang (Kondang) Skullcap as a Regional Symbol of Tanah Laut Regency

This study collected data through analysis of the Tanah Laut Regency news portal which reviewed the Regent's use of the Tuntung Pandang skullcap at various official events. A qualitative approach was used to explore the symbolic meanings contained in this skullcap and how society received and communicated these meanings. The research results show that the Tuntung Pandang Kopiah is not just traditional clothing or a symbol of formality, but is also an important marker of cultural identity for the people of Tanah Laut. This symbol contains values ​​such as tradition, authority, and courage which are closely related to the position of Regent. This research provides a new contribution by describing the complex relationship between the symbol (Tuntung Pandang skullcap), the object (Regent of Tanah Laut), and the community's interpretation or understanding of the symbol. Through the approach of Peirce's semiotic theory and Ogden and Richards' Triangle Theory, this research highlights that cultural symbols not only have aesthetic value but are also an important tool in building the social and cultural identity of a community. This research also explores the meanings implicit in the use of symbols and how these symbols play a role in building identity and social solidarity in local communities.. Keywords: Tuntung Pandang skullcap, cultural symbol, Tanah Laut Regency, semiotic triangle theory, cultural identity

Language awareness: On the semiotics of talk and text

The article argues for a necessity to increase human awareness of language as functional biological behavior rather than simply a tool in the service of communication, by emphasizing the difference between talk and text as ontologically different semiotic phenomena characteristic of the human cognitive domain. The established tradition to view written words as linguistic signs leads the studies of natural language astray, effectively hiding its nature as biologically functional orientational behavior in a consensual domain that evolved with the evolution of our species and was not a cultural invention. Because of the identification of text with talk in linguistic semiotics, the empirical validity of the core semiotic concept of natural linguistic sign, based on the so-called semiotic triangle, is undermined. While talk is a dynamic fact of nature, text is a static artifact; it is argued, therefore, that the analytical approach to linguistic signs as objects in the world is inadequate, and the notions of first- and second-order semiotics are introduced. It is concluded that awareness of the cognitive-semiotic difference between talk and text and their respective roles in the evolution of humans may facilitate further research into the nature and origin of humanness.

Die Sprache der Anderen. Sprachphilosophische Gedankenexperimente in China Miévilles <em>Embassytown</em>

China Miéville’s Embassytown is a political science fiction novel about a remote planetary colony that is home to both humans and aliens – and about their initial failure to communicate. But Embassytown is also a novel both about language and linguistics. A central element of the plot is the language of the aliens: They speak simultaneously with two mouths and, at the beginning of the novel, they are unable to lie or use metaphors. Communication with their human neighbours is almost impossible, only ›Ambasssadors‹, pairs of clones specifically raised for the task, succeed in speaking the alien language. Over the course of the novel a violent language-induced crisis disrupts the colony’s social order and changes the alien language, so that communication with ordinary humans becomes possible. The paper shows how Miéville uses the plot and worldbuilding of Embassytown to reference specific theories about language, from Hegel to Ogden/Richards’ semiotic triangle. The text sets up a kind of thought experiment to disprove certain linguistic conceptions and uses different narrative strategies to illustrate, test and elucidate others. Embassytown merges narrative and theoretical modes of writing to address a number of linguistic and philosophical subjects such as metaphor and truth, language and religion, and voice and identity. In this way, the novel blends theory and narration to form a kind of ›narrative experiment‹.

A Critical Realist Critique of “Measurement in Quantitative Educational Research: An Instrumental Mistake?” by Sigve Høgheim

Both Sigve Høgheim and I advance a similar critique of representationalism, operationalism and construct validity as found in psychology. Our respective critiques hinge on the way that these concepts do not adequately consider the ontological question about the reality of our constructs. Høgheim suggests that we can circumvent the problem by returning to the classic definition of measurement which avoids “coding,” but I think that avoiding coding (representation, modelling, theorising) is impossible. Instead of trying to avoid it, I suggest that we embrace it, using a number of critical realist concepts such as emergence, layered reality, retroduction, judgemental rationalism and the semiotic triangle. I also argue that the current approach to operationalism reflects a deep contradiction, known as the epistemic fallacy, in which scientists reduce questions of ontology to questions of epistemology. Nevertheless, despite their contradictory version of science, research scientists in the fields of psychology and education still manage to discover things about the world, but in order to do so, they need to break their own rules. Høgheim wants such scientists to avoid the contradiction – the breaking of the rules of science – by remaining faithful to Euclid, Newton, and Descartes. On the contrary, I suggest that the contradiction can be avoided by changing the theory of science to a more adequate, critical realist version that better reflects the scientific practice of psychologists and educators.

Субъективные права в непредписывающем правовом регулировании: методологические основы исследования

Subjective rights have been and are the subject of scientific focus both in this country and abroad. However, all these numerous studies sinby myriad mistakes and inaccuracies. This is a serious obstacle to the creation of a relevant to objective state-legal reality theoretical model of the use of subjective rights in the legal regulation. In turn, this makes it impossible to formulate a correct scientific foundation for improving not only legal activity, but also the entire public administration. Purpose. To avoid the methodological problems of legal science that lead to the noted errors and inaccuracies, the paper does not allow mixing of political-ideological and scientific, logical, approach to the phenomena studied. As a result of the analysis of the ontological status of subjective law in the informational aspect, the author concludes that this right does not have its own prescriptive nature, but is associated with prescriptions in the context of the legal semiotic triangle model. The pragmatic aspect of the analysis of the regulatory nature of subjective rights makes it possible to find the real place of these rights in the mechanism of non-prescriptive legal regulation. Conclusions. In the logical-semantic context, subjective law is not a prescription, but a duplicate or indirect exponent of a legal prescription. At the same time, the specifics of the formulation of such an exponent relate to factors of a pragmatic, political and ideological nature. Taking into account these factors allows interpreting subjective rights as special socio-legal assessments of antelegem, prelegem, sucundumlegem, praeterlegem, postlegem, which relate to a phenomenon poorly studied by legal science that has extremely important practical significance.

Analisis Semiotika Makna Nasionalisme melalui Text Mining pada Media Sosial Twitter di Kejuaraan AFF Tahun 2020

This study visualises semiotic analysis of the meaning of nationalism in the 2020 ASEAN Football Federation championship using the constructivist paradigm. The primary data were collected through non-participant observation using Text Mining techniques with the help of a rapid miner. The method of this research consists of several stages including text processing and the use of the K-Means clustering technique to obtain data groupings that have similarities. Furthermore, the results of clustering were analyzed using the theory of semiotic triangle meaning Charles S. Peirce. The results showed that the sign includes texts that have the full meaning of nationalism or the teachings of love for the homeland. Sentences tweeted on Twitter social media are divided into state symbols represented by words such as national team as many as 22653 words, PSSI as many as 5097 words, and garuda with 1170 words. The attitude of nationalism is represented by words such as enthusiasm as many as 1893 words, fighting as many as 982 words, supporting as many as 11747 words, proud as many as 612 words, and hope as many as 506 words. Meanwhile, the cluster evaluation shows that 17 of the 28 available clusters have interpretations of nationalism values that emphasize texts that contain an attitude of national spirit through the 2020 AFF Cup final match.

A DRAWING EDUCATION PROGRAMME FOCUSING ON ENHANCING ABSTRACTION ABILITY

AbstractThis study considers the 'three sub-abilities' that constitute the abstraction ability and focuses on drawing as an education for acquiring them. Focusing on the similarity between the process of drawing and the semiotic triangle, elucidating their relationship with the sub-abilities that constitute the abstraction ability, it devises a drawing education programme that focuses on 'observing' rather than 'drawing'. The drawing education programme formulated is implemented on 177 students, and the result is determined using tests that enable objective evaluation to prove the effectiveness of the program in helping students acquire the 'three sub-abilities' that constitute the abstraction ability.The educational programme proposed in this research, which focuses on the universality of the effects of learning drawing, as well as the quantitative criteria for evaluating it, will contribute to familiarize practical education in the field of art to the general public.

Время в нарративе: «фабула — сюжет» и «история — дискурс» vs семиотический треугольник

The article explores the essence of the cognate oppositions “fabula — syuzhet” and “story — discourse” through the prism of the semiotic triangle concept. The “corners” of the semiotic triangle (thing, thought, symbol) are not aspects of one and the same phenomenon, but independent types of phenomena, and each of them has its own temporality. The author proves that the substance of the plot / discourse is a thought (sense), and not a text as a unity of sense and its acoustic-graphic expression. The time of the syuzhet / discourse (the time of thinking about the object) can not only differ from the time of the fabula / story, but fundamentally does not need it, since it has a different ontological basis; as a consequence, its counterpart exists in any kind of text, not just in narrative. If the text presents events to the reader in the mode of sensual “pseudo-living,” the time of the syuzhet / discourse tends to coincide with the time of the fabula / story. But the rational grasp, based on abstraction, allows thinking to use for its movement not only temporal, but also other “dimensions” of the described material.

Islam and Traditional Fabrics: Symbolic Da’wah in Sambas Malay Weaving Motifs, West Kalimantan

This article aims to analyze symbolic da'wah through the weaving motifs of Malay Sambas, West Kalimantan. This study uses an interpretive paradigm with a semiotic method. The data sources in this study were 22 motifs of Sambas Malay woven fabric. Data was obtained through observation and interviews. The data obtained were then analyzed using the semiotic triangle meaning model of Charles Sander Peirce. This study finds that the woven fabric motif is formed through a long process and closely relates to the socio-cultural construction of the Sambas Malay society. At this level, the Sambas Malay weaving motif is created from three elements: beauty, cultural identity, and the ethnoreligious reality of the Sambas Malay society, and efforts to internalize Islamic teachings in Sambas Malay life through the meaning and symbolic message of the motif. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that the Sambas Malay weaving motif is not only a cultural product of the Sambas Malay society but also a symbolic da’wah medium in the Sambas Malay society through a cultural approach.

Healthcare Information Technology’s Relativity Challenges: Distortions Created by Patients’ Physical Reality versus Clinicians’ Mental Models and Healthcare Electronic Records

This paper examines the inconsistencies or distortions among three medical realities: patients’ physical reality (as reflected in clinical observations, lab reports, and other “objective” measures); clinicians’ mental models of patients’ conditions; and how that information is represented in the patient’s electronic chart—the electronic health record (EHR). We created a typology based on the semiotic triangle of “symbol,” “thought or reference,” and “referent.”
 Differing perspectives (or realities) are illustrated with examples from our observations in hospitals and medical facilities, interviews with clinicians, IT personnel and IT vendors, computer logs, and error reports.
 Scenarios/models enumerate how the differing perspectives can misalign to produce distortions in comprehension and treatment. These are categorized according to an emergent typology derived from the cases themselves and refined based on insights gained from the literature on interactive sociotechnical systems analysis, decision support science, and human-computer interaction.
 The scenarios reflect the misalignment between patients’ physical realities, clinicians’ mental models, and EHRs, identifying five types of misrepresentation: IT data too narrowly focused; IT data too broadly focused; EHRs miss critical reality; data multiplicities—perhaps contradictory or confusing; distortions from data reflected back and forth across users, sensors, and others.
 Conclusion: With humans, there is a physical reality and actors’ mental models of that reality. In healthcare, there is another player: the EHR/healthcare IT, which implicitly and explicitly reflects many mental models, facets of reality, and measures thereof that vary in reliability and consistency. EHRs are both microcosms and shapers of medical care.

Gesture from a critical realist perspective: beyond Peirce’s triangle

ABSTRACT The paper deals with the theory of gesture from the point of view of relational sociology. On the one hand, the thesis of the ‘complete gesture’ developed by Giovanni Maddalena is appreciated as a significant step forward from classical pragmatism. On the other hand, since theories based essentially on phenomenology and semiotics are at risk of nominalism and constructivism, if we want to understand the gesture from a critical realistic perspective, we need to complement the theory of gesture with a relational social ontology. This means that the theory of the gesture as action (unit act) must be placed within an ontological and epistemological framework, in which Peirce’s triangle is related to the latent value of the real as indicated by the sign. A relational alternative to Peirce's semiotic triangle is presented here with the aim of connecting the sign of the gesture to the underlying reality.

The impact of time/emotion factors on the interpretation of meanings of Iraqi architecture, and its transformations

According to Modern Semiotics, the perceiver is the main factor in interpreting the meaning, in general, and in architecture in particular, the thought is that the perceiver’s cultural and personal background would affect the formulation of his/her interpretation of architectural meanings, and then affect the transformation of these meanings in time. This research assumes that (Emotion) influences the interpretation of meaning, especially in architecture as it is linked with the memory of place, where memory interacts with the “Sensory Diffusion” and “Knowledge” in the process of thinking and interpreting the research discusses the time factor in the transformation of the interpretations as well. This argument is clarified in theories of appreciation, aesthetics, and perception, with the semiotic triangle. Different types of various groups in society have been chosen according to variety of cultural background, a questionnaire has been designed to investigate this in the interpretation of Iraqi architecture, to interpret six samples of Iraqi architecture varying in time and function. Main findings showed the connection between meanings and emotional responses, in the interpretation, but mostly in transformation of the interpretation over time for Iraqi architecture.

SEMIOTIC INTERPRETATION OF COLOR IN JAVANESE TEDAK SITEN CEREMONY TEXT

The purpose of this study was to find the true meaning of color used in Tedak Siten Javanese ceremony text. The study was conducted by using desccriptive method. The data of the study were photos, video and also interview section with the informans. The data analysis were taken by observing, interviewing and listing the data into some classification. The data were analyzed based on the theory that proposed by Charles Saunders Pierce’s Semiotic Triangle and Rolland Barthes. The findings identify that there were seven kinds of color which used in Tedak Siten, they were black, purple, blue, green, red, yellow, and whiter. There are no rules for the colors arrangement. According to both of theories black symbolized equality, purple symbolized wealth, blue symbolized trustworthy, green symbolized lucky, red symbolized love, yellow symbolized happy and white symbolized pure.

A critical realist view of gesture

ABSTRACT In the panorama of gesture theories, the contribution of relational sociology based on critical realism is underdeveloped. This contribution seeks to fill the deficit by considering Giovanni Maddalena's theory on the ‘complete gesture’. On the one hand, this theory is appreciated as a significant step forward from classical pragmatism. On the other hand, since theories based essentially on phenomenology and semiotics are at risk of nominalism, if we want to understand the gesture from a critical realistic perspective, we need to complement the theory of gesture with a relational social ontology. This means that the theory of the gesture as action (unit act) must be placed within an ontological and epistemological framework, in which Peirce’s triangle is related to the latent value of the real as indicated by the sign. A relational alternative to Peirce's semiotic triangle is presented here with the aim of connecting the sign of the gesture to the underlying reality.

A critical realist view of gesture

ABSTRACT In the panorama of gesture theories, the contribution of relational sociology based on critical realism is underdeveloped. This contribution seeks to fill the deficit by considering Giovanni Maddalena's theory on the ‘complete gesture’. On the one hand, this theory is appreciated as a significant step forward from classical pragmatism. On the other hand, since theories based essentially on phenomenology and semiotics are at risk of nominalism, if we want to understand the gesture from a critical realistic perspective, we need to complement the theory of gesture with a relational social ontology. This means that the theory of the gesture as action (unit act) must be placed within an ontological and epistemological framework, in which Peirce’s triangle is related to the latent value of the real as indicated by the sign. A relational alternative to Peirce's semiotic triangle is presented here with the aim of connecting the sign of the gesture to the underlying reality.

How is avalanche danger described in textual descriptions in avalanche forecasts in Switzerland? Consistency between forecasters and avalanche danger

Abstract. Effective and efficient communication of expected avalanche conditions and danger to the public is of great importance, especially where the primary audience of forecasts are recreational, non-expert users. In Europe, avalanche danger is communicated using a pyramid, starting with ordinal levels of avalanche danger and progressing through avalanche-prone locations and avalanche problems to a danger description. In many forecast products, information relating to the trigger required to release an avalanche, the frequency or number of potential triggering spots, and the expected avalanche size is described exclusively in a textual danger description. These danger descriptions are, however, the least standardized part of avalanche forecasts. Taking the perspective of the avalanche forecaster and focusing particularly on terms describing these three characterizing elements of avalanche danger, we investigate first which meaning forecasters assign to the text characterizing these elements and second how these descriptions relate to the forecast danger level. We analyzed almost 6000 danger descriptions in avalanche forecasts published in Switzerland and written using a structured catalogue of phrases with a limited number of words. Words and phrases representing information describing these three elements were labeled and assigned to ordinal classes by Swiss avalanche forecasters. These classes were then related to avalanche danger. Forecasters were relatively consistent in assigning labels to words and phrases with Cohen's kappa values ranging from 0.64 to 0.87. Avalanche danger levels were also described consistently using words and phrases, with for example avalanche size classes increasing monotonically with avalanche danger. However, especially for danger level 2 (moderate), information about key elements of avalanche danger, for instance the frequency or number of potential triggering spots, was often missing in danger descriptions. In general, the analysis of the danger descriptions showed that extreme conditions are described in more detail than intermediate values, highlighting the difficulty of communicating conditions that are neither rare nor frequent or neither small nor large. Our results provide data-driven insights that could be used to refine the ways in which avalanche danger could be communicated. Furthermore, through the perspective of the semiotic triangle, relating a referent (the avalanche situation) through thought (the processing process) to symbols (the textual danger description), we provide an alternative starting point for future studies of avalanche forecast consistency and communication.

Zur Entstehung und Entwicklung des begriffes „Konzept“ in der kognitiven Semantik

The present article deals with the genesis of the notion “concept” in German cognitive semantics. The aim of the study is to present the origin and development of the notion “concept” from a diachronic perspective. The genesis of the notion “concept” in linguistics, particularly cognitive semantics, is an object of discussion. It reveals a connection between ancient ideas about word meaning and trends in modern linguistics. The roots of the notion can be traced back to ancient Greek philosophy – the concept debuts as a primal notion of mental experiences in Aristotle’s writings. However, the controversial translation of ancient works leaves room for scientific discussion regarding the prototype of the notion. In the Middle Ages, the word concept originated in European languages from Latin, later establishing itself in scientific discourse through the influence of Neo-Scholasticism, Frege’s conception of logic and the semiotic triangle, as well as the principle of the arbitrariness of linguistic signs. Finally, the notion concept gains importance in the transition from objective to the subjective perception of the meaning of linguistic units (the shift from structuralism to cognitivism) and becomes under the influence of cognitive psychology, the central term in cognitive linguistics in the 1970s and 1980s. The unconventional use of the notion in linguistic studies, on the one hand, makes meta-analyses of the semantics of certain concepts more difficult; on the other hand, it favours disciplinary and methodological diversity in today’s linguistic research.

STUDY OF CONDITIONALITY AND IMMANENCE OF PROPER NAMES OF NEWLY BUILT HOUSING ESTATES IN THE LVIV URBAN ENVIRONMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE XXI CENTURY (based on the semiotic triangle method)

The study classifies proper names of housing estates (HE) in Lviv according to certain phenomena, images, symbols. The iconic, indexical, conventional relations of the architecture of HE are revealed as a sign-vehicle to its referent which is declared in its own name through the pyramidal structure of the semiotic triangle. The problem of conditionality and immanence of one's proper name concerning the architectural image of the HE is highlighted.