Tartu Variations: Objects, Subjects and the Third Way
In: Chinese Semiotic Studies, Band 9, Heft 1, S. 271-283
ISSN: 2198-9613
Abstract
This article presents a consideration regarding semiosis and the theoretical problems faced in semiotics in cases where the approach to the phenomenon is taken under limiting conditions such as a singular focus on subjects or objects in semiosis. These problems, exemplified as disjointed components of the Tartu-Moscow school can be faced and overcome given a complex approach as the paradigm established by the combination of parts given in Tartu-Moscow semiotics through its heritage of complex subject-system relations in the semiosphere. The implications of this thought are considered as a potential solution to the issues of limiting semiosis to either a singular or dual reference of signification, creating a coherent tool for the analysis of semiosis beyond the vague definition of the action of signs.