Named theoretical traditions whose methods and concepts inform semiotic theory in this vault.
Founding traditions:
- Peircean Semiotics — triadic sign theory, semiosis, pragmaticism
- Saussurean Semiology — dyadic sign model, langue/parole, differential meaning
European developments:
- French Semiology — Barthes, Hjelmslev; myth, connotation, cultural sign systems
- Moscow-Tartu School — Lotman, Uspensky; semiosphere, cultural modeling systems
- Bakhtin Circle — Bakhtin, Voloshinov; dialogism, heteroglossia, multi-accentuality
Extensions:
- Biosemiotics — Sebeok, von Uexküll; sign processes in living systems
- Social Semiotics — Hodge, Kress, Halliday; sign-making as social practice