dimanche 24 février 2008

Are signs Universal?





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Lets have a look to the first image at the top…are those signs universal? yes they are…in every country we can see the use of those signs which means they are universal because they are understood by everybody … When a person will look at at one of those signs she/he will understand its meaning because whenever we go we can find them addressing the same message…signs have a universal purpose which is to communicate a meaning and these can be done through images like the first one and also signs can be done by gestures. Let’s take the second picture , this girl is using a gesture that means keep quit or silence and this sign is universal and can be understood by everybody. SHHHH!!! Is also a sign that includes sound and it has the meaning of keep silent and this is a universal one too because when you say to someone shhhh!!! Means that this person is disturbing and he/she needs to keep quit. Signs can be expressed in different ways that have the goal to communicate a meaning or an inforamtion. Most of signs are universal like those the once I talked about and many other ones.

1 commentaire:

LamyaaB a dit…

semiotic can show us that there is universal and non-universal signs and symbol that related to our culture and traditions. However, some culture are inspired in the creation of their own sign by other culture and vice versa. However,sign can also be a clear way of communication because we can imagine a discussion with only written sigh, gesture and facial expression. the creation of sign began many years ago, with the message, symbol and sign drawn in the cave to owe a story or send a message and to make it eternal.