The human as an“animal symbolicum”(by Ernst Cassirer)is a unique being included simultaneously in two semiospheres.One of them is the semiosphere of conventional signs and symbols created by himself in culture.The o...The human as an“animal symbolicum”(by Ernst Cassirer)is a unique being included simultaneously in two semiospheres.One of them is the semiosphere of conventional signs and symbols created by himself in culture.The other semiosphere of natural signals and indexes is available to the human as an animal together with other living beings.Both these semiospheres described correspondingly by Y.Lotman and E.Hoffmeyer,are the subjects of anthroposemiotics and biosemiotics,semiotics of culture,and semiotics of nature.Their interaction is a subject of human ecosemiotics.Both external communicative processes among people and the internal mental activity of individuals contain together natural and cultural semiotic components that interact and counteract with each other.In these processes,the natural signal-indexical codes can be transformed and supplemented by cultural conventions(if,for example,natural expressive movements are subordinated to cultural norms of gesticulation)or modified from pure cognitive means to means of communication―as the codes mediating transmission of perceptual images by depictions.Natural codes can compete with systems of cultural signs on the force of influence on people(as in various fashion systems)or in accordance with them participate in the creation of complex heterogeneous texts(as in arts).展开更多
The traditional pattern is the cultural sign of the Oroqen ethnic group,which is the concentrated embodiment of the history,society,customs and religion of Oroqen ethnic group.Semiosphere is an important theoretical c...The traditional pattern is the cultural sign of the Oroqen ethnic group,which is the concentrated embodiment of the history,society,customs and religion of Oroqen ethnic group.Semiosphere is an important theoretical concept in Lotman cultural semiotics.Starting from the theory of Lotman’s semiosphere,the paper interprets the concept of semiosphere and the connotation of Oroqen traditional pattern semiosphere,analyzes the overall characteristics of Oroqen traditional patterns,and provides certain theoretical basis for better protection and inheritance culture.展开更多
This article first outlines the principle of a cognitive semiotics,and in this framework presents a sign classification taking into consideration the crucial importance of time.It then offers a stratified interpretati...This article first outlines the principle of a cognitive semiotics,and in this framework presents a sign classification taking into consideration the crucial importance of time.It then offers a stratified interpretation of the Lotmanian concept of semiosphere,and continues with a study of the contradiction holding between cultural and socio-functional meanings.This leads to an analysis of ethnic passions and ethnic identity,and finally to a new analysis of homo metonymicus,and the two underlying cognitive structures based on the genitive and the dative schemas,that orient the human imaginary,for better or for worse.展开更多
Ecological semiotics belongs to the field of culture,and biological semiotics refers to biology.There are both similarities and differences between ecological semiotics(ecosemiotics)and biological semiotics(biosemioti...Ecological semiotics belongs to the field of culture,and biological semiotics refers to biology.There are both similarities and differences between ecological semiotics(ecosemiotics)and biological semiotics(biosemiotics)."Co-existence and co-prosperity"are the highest true meaning of human beings and nature.Faced with the increasingly serious ecological crisis,human beings,as the only semiotic animal that can reflect on sign activities,are ultimately responsible for other species and the entire ecological community.展开更多
文摘The human as an“animal symbolicum”(by Ernst Cassirer)is a unique being included simultaneously in two semiospheres.One of them is the semiosphere of conventional signs and symbols created by himself in culture.The other semiosphere of natural signals and indexes is available to the human as an animal together with other living beings.Both these semiospheres described correspondingly by Y.Lotman and E.Hoffmeyer,are the subjects of anthroposemiotics and biosemiotics,semiotics of culture,and semiotics of nature.Their interaction is a subject of human ecosemiotics.Both external communicative processes among people and the internal mental activity of individuals contain together natural and cultural semiotic components that interact and counteract with each other.In these processes,the natural signal-indexical codes can be transformed and supplemented by cultural conventions(if,for example,natural expressive movements are subordinated to cultural norms of gesticulation)or modified from pure cognitive means to means of communication―as the codes mediating transmission of perceptual images by depictions.Natural codes can compete with systems of cultural signs on the force of influence on people(as in various fashion systems)or in accordance with them participate in the creation of complex heterogeneous texts(as in arts).
文摘The traditional pattern is the cultural sign of the Oroqen ethnic group,which is the concentrated embodiment of the history,society,customs and religion of Oroqen ethnic group.Semiosphere is an important theoretical concept in Lotman cultural semiotics.Starting from the theory of Lotman’s semiosphere,the paper interprets the concept of semiosphere and the connotation of Oroqen traditional pattern semiosphere,analyzes the overall characteristics of Oroqen traditional patterns,and provides certain theoretical basis for better protection and inheritance culture.
文摘This article first outlines the principle of a cognitive semiotics,and in this framework presents a sign classification taking into consideration the crucial importance of time.It then offers a stratified interpretation of the Lotmanian concept of semiosphere,and continues with a study of the contradiction holding between cultural and socio-functional meanings.This leads to an analysis of ethnic passions and ethnic identity,and finally to a new analysis of homo metonymicus,and the two underlying cognitive structures based on the genitive and the dative schemas,that orient the human imaginary,for better or for worse.
文摘Ecological semiotics belongs to the field of culture,and biological semiotics refers to biology.There are both similarities and differences between ecological semiotics(ecosemiotics)and biological semiotics(biosemiotics)."Co-existence and co-prosperity"are the highest true meaning of human beings and nature.Faced with the increasingly serious ecological crisis,human beings,as the only semiotic animal that can reflect on sign activities,are ultimately responsible for other species and the entire ecological community.
