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SEMIOLOGIA

English translation: semiology

17:11 Nov 13, 2005
Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care / Terapies
Portuguese term or phrase: SEMIOLOGIA
SEMIOLOGIA
Joao Crus
United States
Local time: 01:17
English translation:semiology
Explanation:
Cheers,

Karina
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Karina Pelech
Grading comment
Thank You,It seems obvious but there are two types of Semiology and I was not sure about the right answer
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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5 +7semiology
Karina Pelech
5semiology
Maria Luisa Duarte


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
semiology


Explanation:
Cheers,

Karina


    Reference: http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/...
Karina Pelech
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
Grading comment
Thank You,It seems obvious but there are two types of Semiology and I was not sure about the right answer

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Luisa Duarte
1 min
  -> muito obrigada, María Luisa ;)
agree  Claudia Massey: http://www.ic.arizona.edu/~comm300/mary/semiotics/barthes.te...
4 mins
  -> muito obrigada, Claudia ;)
agree  Emilie
5 mins
  -> muito obrigada, Emilie ;)
agree  Claudio Mazotti: exactly...
5 mins
  -> muito obrigada mais uma vez, klausinSP ;)
agree  Norbert Hermann
45 mins
  -> danke, Hermann ;)
agree  rhandler
1 hr
  -> muito obrigada de novo, rhandler ;)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
10 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
semiology


Explanation:
semiology
The study of the function of signs and symbols in human communication, both in language and by various nonlinguistic means. Beginning with the notion of the Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure that no word or other sign (signifier) is intrinsically linked with its meaning (signified), it was developed as a scientific discipline, especially by Claude Lévi-Strauss and Roland Barthes. Signs and symbols can also be used in design drawings such as electrical circuits or computer flowcharts.

Semiotics has combined with structuralism in order to explore the ‘production’ of meaning in language and other sign systems and has emphasized the conventional nature of this production.




    Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&d...
    Reference: http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/...
Maria Luisa Duarte
Spain
Local time: 08:17
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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