The semiotic stance

Kockelman, Paul

doi:10.1515/semi.2005.2005.157.1-4.233

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“…Semiotics, broadly speaking, is the study of signs and the operationalization of signs or semiosis (Kockelman 2005). Within semiotics two approaches have prevailed.…”

Section: What Is Neo-peircean Semiotics?mentioning

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“…This works because the two words stand-for the individual whose name is Penelope Soto, who in this interaction is the defendant. If we stopped there, then we would have the basis for a referential theory of meaning based on what Kockelman (2005) would call a relationship of standing-for. The second approach, originally referred to as semiotics, was conceived by Peirce (1955).…”

Section: What Is Neo-peircean Semiotics?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In other words, it refers to a membership category and not an action. 2 Here we only outline the basics of these two distinct approaches, but direct interested readers to the work of Parret (1984) and Kockelman (2005), both of which provide illuminating insights into their history.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For example, in the case described above, the judge is not simply referring to the defendant; the reference only forms part of the judge's purpose in uttering those words. A neo-Peircean approach incorporates the notion of standing-for but establishes it within a more general notion of correspondence (Kockelman 2005). To do this, neo-Peircean scholars adopt a third element in the relationship of a signifier and signified (hereafter, sign and object), 3 which is known as the interpretant.…”

Section: What Is Neo-peircean Semiotics?mentioning

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“…For interpretants, there are at least four types (Kockelman 2005). First, an energetic interpretant is a type of action.…”

Section: Interpretantsmentioning

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Courtroom data and politeness research: A case for neo-Peircean semiotics in interpersonal pragmatics

Wilson

Price

2018

Journal of Politeness Research

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Abstract:In this article we take a neo-Peircean semiotic approach to analyzing an interaction in which a routine bail hearing between a defendant and a judge goes awry. Neo-Peircean semiotics is steadily gaining recognition within linguistics for providing a new perspective on meaning. One neo-Peircean approach, referred to as Relationship Thinking (Enfield 2009(Enfield , 2013, has the potential to be influential for politeness research and linguistic pragmatics generally. In this article, we explore how the concept of relationship can be used to explore meaning on two dimensions: residential and representational (Kockelman 2006a(Kockelman , 2006b. It is our contention that both of these dimensions are crucial to developing an understanding of what happens in the courtroom data on which this special issue focusses. We begin by providing a detailed overview of neoPeircean semiotics in order to demonstrate its utility for researchers from different disciplines. We then show how a neo-Peircean analytical approach can illuminate elements of data that may not be accounted for in other analyses. This is as a consequence of the neo-Peircean framework's scope and its capacity for coping with a range of interactionally significant phenomena, from individual linguistic tokens to institutional norms. In our analysis of the data at the heart of this special issue, the Penelope Soto case, we show that problems can arise when interactants have different understandings of what is a sign and what is an interpretant (Peirce 1955). We make the case that it is a misunderstanding at this level (specifically the interpretations of the word "value") that is ultimately what causes the interaction to conclude in the way that it does. Ultimately, we suggest that a neo-Peircean approach to the study of in/appropriate behaviour can facilitate links between the traditional (and sometimes disparate) methods of analysis used in politeness research.

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“…Semiotics, broadly speaking, is the study of signs and the operationalization of signs or semiosis (Kockelman 2005). Within semiotics two approaches have prevailed.…”

Section: What Is Neo-peircean Semiotics?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: What Is Neo-peircean Semiotics?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: What Is Neo-peircean Semiotics?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: What Is Neo-peircean Semiotics?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For interpretants, there are at least four types (Kockelman 2005). First, an energetic interpretant is a type of action.…”

Section: Interpretantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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