What is the other name of Semiotics?
semiotic studies
What does it study?
meaning-making
Does it get mixed up with a tradition?
yes
With what?
semiology
What tradition it belongs to?
Saussurean
Does it fall under some other category?
yes
of what?
semiotics
What does it explore?
study of signs and symbols
Is it same as linguistics?
no
Do they have anything in common?
yes
What?
non-linguistic sign systems
How the term came about?
from sēmeiōtikos
What does it mean?
observant of signs
In what language?
Greek
What is the root word?
sēmeion
What does it mean?
a sign, a mark
Who first used it in English?
Henry Stubbes
How did he spell it?
semeiotics
Which year?
prior to 1676
Who else used it around that time?
John Locke