immigration.

sarah dean

part a: finding signs.

immigration: why

immigrants are usually depicted as criminals

I wanted try to show that immigrants are good,

hardworking people

if we all just accept each other, it would make the

world a better place

semiotic symbols
icon
index
symbol

6 subcategories.

part b: making meaning

index

icon

symbol

is

we are all one people.

anchor
WELCOME, EVERYONE.

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anchor

anchor

relay

open for opportunities.

relay

relay

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part c: defining semiotics

semiotics: the study of

signs and how they are
utilized

semantics: the study of

meanings

pragmatics: how signs

can be used and
interpreted.

sign: anything that is used to

communicate, is made up of the
signifier (the word) and the
signified (the image of the thing).

signified: the thing that the

word is describing, the
actual thing.

signifier: the literal word.

icon: the actual thing as it is

represented in real life, without any
previously assigned meaning.

index: a thing that is not necessarily the

actual thing but reminds you of the thing.
Like, a mouse would be to a computer.

symbol - a thing that does not literally represent the

actual thing, but is learned to be associated with the
thing. example: kc royals logo - doesn't literally represent
a baseball team, but it's the learned sign that lets people
know that it is the kansas city royals baseball team.

paradigm: where signs get

meaning from their
association with other signs.

syntagm: where signs get meaning

from their sequential order, e.g.,
grammar or the sequence of
events that make up a story.

connotation: the feeling that

the word or sign creates, which
depends on one's culture.

denotation: the literal

interpretation of the word
or sign.

anchor: reinforces the

meaning of the sign, like a
caption for example.

relay: text that advances the image

by supplying meanings not found in
the image itself, like dialogue in a
film.

what i learned