Semiotic Broadening of Sign: A Semiotic Analysis of the Black Color-Sign

Authors : Sarvenaz SAFAVİ

Pages : 50-55

Doi:10.32955/neuissar202321681

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Publication Date : 2023-01-27

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This article explores how semantic broadening in natural languages can be generalized to semiotics, the study of signs and symbolic communication. This study demonstrates that signs, whether members of verbal or non-verbal systems, can be studied similarly to semantic broadening. After introducing the process of semantic broadening, the discussion of the function of this process in semiotics is narrowed down to a case study of the black color-sign. The method for this analysis is based on a simple assumption which shows that semiotic broadening is a superordinate term that can have explanatory adequacy and can be expanded to verbal and non-verbal signs.
Keywords : sign, black color, semantic, syncronic analysis