Multiple choice

Which of the following is the study of signs and sign processes?

  1. Morphology

  2. Semiotics

  3. Lexicology

  4. Phonetics

  5. Semantics
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Explanation

Semiotics, also called semiotic studies and including (in the Saussurean tradition) semiology, is the study of signs and sign processes (semiosis), indication, designation, likeness, analogy, metaphor, symbolism, signification, and communication. Semiotics is closely related to the field of linguistics, which, for its part, studies the structure and meaning of language more specifically.

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