ENONCIATION AS A SEMIOTIC ACT (III). The semiotic object as a stake of manipulation and sanction: strategies and counter strategies Cover Image

L’ÉNONCIATION COMME ACTE SÉMIOTIQUE (III). L’objet sémiotique comme un enjeu de manipulation et de sanction: stratégies et contre stratégies
ENONCIATION AS A SEMIOTIC ACT (III). The semiotic object as a stake of manipulation and sanction: strategies and counter strategies

Author(s): Joseph COURTÉS
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Semiotics / Semiology, Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics
Published by: UNIVERSITATEA »ȘTEFAN CEL MARE« SUCEAVA
Keywords: enunciation; illusion; manipulation; sanction; semiotic object; strategy;

Summary/Abstract: The paper is written to present and to analyze the semiotic strategies set up by human behavior in semiotic interaction, with particular emphasis on manipulation and sanction, extremely present in daily interactions. These strategies are studied by the author both at the content and at the form level, with relevant examples from various semiotics like literature or art, with a view to enhance the enunciator’s ability to make believe and the addressee’s capacity to judge and sanction. Enunciation acts at a cognitive level, being mainly an “illusion”, that is a semiotic construct, with no referential character, founded on the seeming instead of the being.

  • Issue Year: 5/2010
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 13-48
  • Page Count: 36
  • Language: French