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The Role of Abstraction in the Evolution of Semiotic Systems

Language and Semiotic Studies 2016年第3期2卷 36-47页

作者： javier terrado University of Lleida Spain

The action of signs in human lives and in the evolution of cultures is to be understood in the light of semiosis, the process by which a meaning is given to all things in the world. Writing systems, as a sort of semiotic creation, evolve according to the laws of semiosis and the rhythm of human stepping ahead. This paper is an attempt to afford evidence of three relevant facts: a) A close contact, or at least a remarkable coincidence, of writing cultures in ancient times. b) An apparent and undeniable process of divergence of writing systems over centuries. c) A tendency to a new convergence of writing systems, as an ongoing process inferable from the new symbols of an increasingly globalised world. We propose that one of the elements that push these processes forward is abstraction, and we suggest that abstraction might be the leading factor in the evolution of writing and semiotic systems.

关键词： semiotics semiosis abstraction evolution system history of writing

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Toward a History of Cross-Cultural Written Symbols

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Language and Semiotic Studies 2017年第1期3卷 62-78页

作者： javier terrado-Pablo University of Lleida Spain

It is our assumption that the goal of primitive written symbols was to create suprasubjective representations. We feel that this has continued to be the case throughout the course of history. In an increasingly globalised world, this goal seems even more evident, and we could highlight that symbolic representations tend to be supraregional, supranational, supracultural, and supraideological. Arabic, Chinese, and Suzhou numerals are nowadays restricted to specific uses and regions. Instead, Hindu-Arabic numerals, widely spread by modern computers, are commonly used everywhere. Millions of people know the meaning of symbols such as 2, 3, 4, 5, =, ≠, ≥,√, and ∞. Almost everybody is able to recognize the usual iconic signs that mean ‘disabled person' or ‘smoking is forbidden'. And in spite of its importance in contemporary society, a project devoted to the study of the origins, spreading, and evolution of those symbols is still lacking. The aim of our paper is to point out the theoretical and methodological assumptions upon which a history of cross-cultural written symbols should be undertaken. In this essay we consider the opportunity to study the history of written symbols a chapter in the evolution of mankind marked by a twofold1 process: on the one side, the divergence of symbolic systems all around the world in past times, and on the other, the symptoms of a convergence of these systems at present, or we might say, the will of convergence toward new, unifi ed systems.

关键词： semiotics symbols written systems evolution cross-cultural history

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