Semiotics

Code	11713
Year	1
Semester	S1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	OT(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area	Communication Sciences
Entry requirements	No requirements
Mode of delivery	Face-to-face.
Learning outcomes	To make an overall historical and sistematic view of the study of signs. To provide students with abilities for the several kinds of semiotic analysis. To identify the origins of semiotics. To distinguis and classify the signs. To manage methods of semiotic analysis. To distinguish sintax, semantics and pragmatics in the use of signs. To be able to process information and to transmit it according to contexts of enunciation. To be apt to apply aquired knowledge about signs of communication in everyday situations.
Syllabus	1. Definition of semiotics as the science of signs Definition of sign Classifications of signs 2. The semiotics of communication in Ferdinand de Saussure Carachteristics of the linguistic sign Sintagmatic and paradigmatic relations Unity and dentity of the linguistic sign The semiotic enlargement by Roland Barthes Denotation and conotation. The sign-function 3. The semiotics of Charles Peirce Ilimited semiotisis Semiosis and the semiotic division of sintax, semantics and pragmatics. Sintatic properties of the signs Semantic properties of the sign 4. The pragmatism in Peirce Austin and the speech acts Semiotics fields Rethoric/semiotics of image in Roland Barthes
Main Bibliography	BARTHES, R. (1984). O óbvio e o obtuso, Lisboa: Edições 70. BARTHES, R. (1989). Elementos de Semiologia, Lisboa: Edições 70. ECO, U. (1990). O Signo, Lisboa: Editorial Presença. ECO, U. (1991). Tratado geral de Semiótica, São Paulo: Perspectiva. FIDALGO, A., GRADIM, A. (2005). Manual de Semiótica, disponível em: http://www.bocc.ubi.pt/pag/fidalgo-antonio-manual-semiotica-2005.pdf JOLY, M. (2003). A imagem e a sua interpretação, Lisboa: Edições 70. JOLY, M. (2000). A imagem e os signos, Lisboa: Edições 70. PEIRCE, C. S. (1977). Semiótica, São Paulo: Perspetiva. SAUSSURE, F. (1978). Curso de Linguística Geral, Lisboa: Dom Quixote.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.