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Semiotics: The Basics

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

I admit Semiotics is the big gap in my education which mostly lies in natural and computer sciences. I know less about social sciences and try to fill various gaps. The reason why I came upon this discipline is that I’m interested in signs and their interpretations, especially their relation to various structures. I started reading this book in September and almost read 1/3rd of it during my flight to Russia via Zurich.

Semiotics: The Basics

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As a by-product of reading I was able to provide a kind of theoretical explanation for the phenomenon of bugtations:

Bugtations: a semiotic approach

- Dmitry Vostokov @ LiterateScientist.com