Detailedintroduction
Number●Denotation●Emblem●Expression●Tittle●Sign●Symbol.Asymbolisasignthatpeopleagreetorefertoacertainobject.Itcanincludeallphenomenathatshowmeaningthroughfeelingsinanyform.Somethingthatcanbefeltinthesephenomenaistheembodimentoftheobjectanditsmeaning.
Forexample,"="isanequivalentsymbolinmathematics,"ForbiddenCity"ispoliticallyasymbolofancientChineseimperialpower,"China"isasymbolofthePeople'sRepublicofChina,and"Bolshevik"isacommunistsymbol.Ithastheconnotationoftwoaspects:
Ontheonehand,itisthecarrierofmeaning,anditistheexpressionofspiritualexternalization;Ontheotherhand,ithasanobjectiveformthatcanbeperceived.
Inthesymbol,therearebothfeelingdata,andspiritualmeaning.Thetwoareinseparable.Forexample,thetrafficlightsatcrossroadsarenolongerintendedtoilluminatepeople,buttoindicateatrafficrule.Theconnectionbetweenthesymbolandthereflectedobjectisrealizedthroughmeaning.Signsalwayshavemeanings,andmeaningsarealwaysexpressedincertainsymbolicforms.Theconstructivefunctionofsignsistoestablishaconnectionbetweenperceptualsignsandtheirmeanings,andtopresentthisconnectioninourconsciousness.
Symbolsaretheexternalformormaterialcarrierofinformation,andanindispensablebasicelementintheexpressionanddisseminationofinformation.Symbolscanusuallybedividedintotwocategories:linguisticsymbolsandnon-verbalsymbols,andthesetwosymbolsareusuallycombinedintheprocessofcommunication.Whetheritisalinguisticsignoranon-verbalsign,itcanplayareferentialfunctionandcommunicationfunctioninthecommunicationofhumansociety.
"Symbol"isoneofthebasicconceptsofsemiotics.Symbols,generallyrefertotext,language,code,mathematicalsymbols,chemicalsymbols,trafficsigns,etc..However,therangeofsymbolsinsemioticsismuchbroader.Insociallife,suchasgreetingactions,rituals,games,literature,art,mythology,etc.,theconstituentelementsareallsymbols.Inshort,everythingthatcanbeusedasasignofsomethingcanbecalledasymbol.Symbolsareaccompaniedbyvarioushumanactivities,andhumansocietyandhumanculturecanbeformedbymeansofsymbols.Amongthevarioussymbolsystems,languageisthemostimportantandalsothemostcomplexsymbolsystem.ThelinguistSaussurebelievesthatasymbolincludestwoinseparablecomponents,thesignifier(thatis,asetofexpressionsofthelanguageorasetofprintingandwritingsigns)andthesignified(thatis,theconceptorthemeaningofthesymbol).Concept).Wordsignsare"arbitrary".Exceptforonomatopoeia,thereisnofixednaturalconnectionbetweenthesignifierofawordanditsreferent.ThesemioticaestheticianCassirerbelievesthat"artcanbedefinedasasignlanguage",whichistheformalsignlanguageofourthoughtsandfeelings.Everyartisticimagecanbesaidtobeasymbolorsystemofsymbolswithspecificmeanings.Inordertounderstandtheartisticwork,onemustunderstandtheartisticimage;andinordertounderstandtheartisticimage,itisalsonecessarytounderstandtheconstruction.InCassirer'sview,thesymbolisthereferentialformoftheobject,anditsdominatingfunctionhasthefunctionofgeneratinghumanityandshapinghumanculture.
Inacognitivesystem,asymbolreferstoanimagewithacertainmeaning.Itcanbeacombinationofgraphics,images,text,soundsignals,architecturalmodeling,orevenakindofideologicalculture,anCurrentaffairsfigures.Forexample,"="isanequivalentsymbolinmathematics,and"ForbiddenCity"ispoliticallyasymbolofancientChineseimperialpower.Ingeneral,thesymbolmeansakindof"featurememorial",justlikeanicknameisanamethatiseasytorememberandeasytorecognize.ItmaybetroublesomeforyoutorememberZhangSanLiSi,butitismuchmoreconvenienttoremember"bigbeard"and"littleglasses",sothesymbolscanalsobesaidtobecausedbypeople'scognitivehabits.
Basicfeatures
Thiseffectispossiblebecauseithasthreebasicfeatures:
Abstractness
CassirerUnderstandthesymbolasaformfromspecialabstracttouniversal."Akindofabilitytoseparatevariousrelationshasbeendevelopedamongpeople."Thisabilitytoseparatevariousrelationsiscalled"reflection"intheGermanphilosopherHerder.Thatis,peoplecanextractcertainfixedcomponentsfromthefloatingperceptualstream,andthenseparatethemforresearch.Thiskindofabstractionabilityisabsentinanimals.Thisshowsthattheideaofrelationshipisdependentontheideaofsigns.Withoutaverycomplicatedsystemofsigns,theideaof"relationship"issimplyimpossible.Therefore,"ifthereisnosymbolsystem,aperson'slifewillbelimitedtohisbiologicalneedsandactualinterests,andtherewillbenowaytoanidealworld."
Universality
Theso-calleduniversalitymeansthatthefunctionofsymbolsisnotlimitedtospecialconditions,butauniversallyapplicableprinciple,whichincludesallareasofhumanthought.Thischaracteristicshowsthatthesymbolicfunctionofpeopleisnotrestrictedbyanyperceptualmaterials.Themeaningofthismoment,thatmoment,thisplace,andotherplaceisrelativelystable.Sinceeverythinghasaname,universalapplicabilityisoneofthegreatestcharacteristicsofthehumansymbolsystem.Thisiswhytheworldofdeaf,dumb,andblindchildrenisincomparablywiderandricherthanthemosthighlydevelopedanimalworld.ThisiswhyonlyhumanscanopenupthemysteryofXiamen,theculturalworld.
Variability
Asymbolisnotonlyuniversal,butalsoextremelyvariable.Wecanusedifferentlanguagestoexpressthesamemeaning,orinthesamelanguage,wecanusedifferentwordstoexpresscertainthoughtsandconcepts."Therealhumansymbolisnotreflectedinitsuniformity,butinitsversatility.Itisnotrigid,butflexible."Cassirerbelievesthatitisthesethreecharacteristicsofsymbolsthatmakesymbolssurpasssignals.CassirerusesPavlov'sexperimentonthesecondsignalsystemofdogsasanexampletoillustrate.Hebelievesthat"ringing"asa"signal"isaphysicalfactandapartofthephysicalworld.Onthecontrary,human"symbol"isnot"factual"but"ideal",itispartoftheworldofhumanmeaning.Thesignalisthe"operator"andthesymbolisthe"referrer".Thesignalhasacertainphysicalorsubstantiveexistence,whilethesymbolisconceptual,meaningful,andhasfunctionalvalue.Becauseofthisspecialfunction,humanbeingscannotonlypassivelyaccepttheinfluencegivenbytheworldandmakeadefactoreaction,butalsomakeadefactoreactiontotheinfluencegivenbytheworld,andcantaketheinitiativetotheworld.Creationandinterpretation.Itiswiththissymbolicfunctionthathumanscanbesublimatedfromthepurelynaturalworldofanimalstotheculturalworldofhumans.
Basicfunctions
Communicationisoneofthebasicfunctionsofsymbols,andthecommunicativefunctionsofsymbolsendowthesymbolicworldwithstrongvitality.Inthesemioticsense,humancommunicativebehaviorisReferstothebehavioralcoordinationprocessinwhichpeopleusesymbolstoexpresstheirfeelingsandcarryoutinterpersonalinformationexchangeandinformationsharing.Inthisprocess,differentsymbolshavedifferentencodinganddecodingrules.SymboliccontextistheuseofsymbolsforcognitionandcommunicationForspecificsituations,itmainlyplaysarestrictiveandexplanatoryroleincommunication.
Expressionandunderstandingfunction
Communicationfunction
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Thinkingfunction
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Purpose
ItisestablishedbyconventionThetoolofsocialcommunicationisrepresentedbylanguage.Undernormalcircumstances,theteachingpartiesuseacertainsymbolunderthepremiseofanagreement,andthisagreementisconsciousorunconscious.Theaudience'sselectiveattention,understandingandacceptanceshouldbeusedonthepremiseofagreement.
Type
referstothetypeofsymbolsusedconsciouslyorunconsciouslybythesenderorrecipientinaspecificcommunicationlink.(Forexample,language,music,andcolorsinmoviesaredifferenttypesofsymbols)
Classification
Symbolscanbedividedintosignalsandsymbols,andsymbolscanbedividedintolanguagesymbolsandNon-verbalsymbols.
Classificationofsymbolicmeanings
1)Explicitmeaningandsuggestivemeaning:theformeristheliteralmeaningofthesymbolandbelongstothecorepartofthemeaning,andthelatteristheextendedmeaningofthesymbolandbelongstothemeaningTheperipheralpart.
2)Extensionmeaningandconnotationmeaning:extensionisthecollectionofthingsindicatedbyconceptualsymbols,andconnotationreferstothegeneralizationofthecharacteristicsandessentialattributesofthethingsindicated.
3)Indicativemeaninganddistinctivemeaning:Indicativemeaningisthemeaningthatconnectssymbolswiththingsintherealworldforthinking,anddistinctivemeaningisthemeaningthatexpressesthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenthemeaningsoftwosymbols.
Theambiguityofthemeaningofthesymbol
1)Theambiguityofthemeaningofthelanguagesymbolitself
2)Theambiguityofthelanguagesymbol
Ability
referstotheproficiency,level,andcharacteristicsofaparticularpasserorrecipientinusingacertainsymbol.
(Whatyoudon’tunderstand(music)canonlyshowthatyoursymbolvarietyandsymbolabilityaredifferentfromothers.)
ThepasserandtherecipientuseacommonorOnlyasimilarsymbolsystemcancommunicatewithcleardirectionandpurpose.
Thereceiverandthereceivermusthavethecorrespondingsymbolicabilityinordertocommunicateaccuratelyanddelicately.Anartisticsymbolthatbecomesanimageofanartwork.Therefore,thesymbolicissueofartworkcannotbeignoredforartisticcreationandappreciation.
Specialsymbols
QQ2009beta2QQnicknamescanusespecialsymbols(❤♂♀etc.)
Textsymbols:Chinesecharacters-Oracle-Romannumerals-Latin.
Punctuationmarks
?(questionmark)/!(exclamationmark)/.(Period)/&(and)/,(comma)""(quotationmark):(colon)/—(dash)/,(stop).
Mathematicalsymbols
=(equalsign)/+(plussign)/-(minussign)/×(multiplicationsign)/÷(divisionsign)
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SpecialSymbols
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MathematicalSymbols
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InSymbols
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NumbersymbolsDigitalSymbols
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Arrows
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TheDirectionofSymbols
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Quotes
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Boxsymbols
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GreekLetters
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RomeSsymbols
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EnglishSymbols
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Englishname
Symbol | Englishname |
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! | factorial(sign) |
@ | at |
# | sharp |
$ | dollarsign |
% | percent |
^ | hat |
& | and |
* | star |
( | leftbracket |
) | rightbracket |
_ | dash |
- | minus |
+ | plus |
= | equal |
< | lessthan |
> | greaterthan |
? | questionmark |
/ | slash |
\ | backslash |
: | colon |
; | semicolon |
" | quotationmark |
' | singlequotationmark |
{ | leftcurlybracket |
} | rightcurlybracket |
[ | leftsquarebracket |
] | rightsquarebracket |
| | or |
~ | tilde |
` | accent |
, | comma |
. | period |
PS:Ifyouwanttotypethesesymbols,youcanuseSogouinputmethod.
WordSymbols
InMicrosoftWord,youcaninsertanysymbolsofanyfontandspecialsymbolsthroughthe"Symbols"dialogbox.TaketheWord2010softwareasanexampletointroducethemethod:
Step1,opentheWord2010documentwindowandswitchtothe"Insert"functionarea.Clickthe"Symbol"buttoninthe"Compliant"group.
Step2,youcanseesomeofthemostcommonlyusedsymbolsintheopenedsymbolpanel,clicktherequiredsymboltoinsertitintotheWord2010document.Ifthereisnosymbolyouneedinthesymbolpanel,youcanclickthe"OtherMatches"button.
Step3,openthe"Symbol"dialogbox,clickthedrop-downtrianglebuttonontherightof"Subset"inthe"Symbol"tab,andselecttheappropriatesubset(Suchas"arrow").Thenclicktoselecttherequiredsymbolinthesymboltable,andclickthe"Insert"button.