文学符号特殊性对哈姆雷特行为的解码

语言学先驱索绪尔认为语言是一个符号系统,社会中一切有意义的东西都有符号,都可以从符号学的观 点进行研究。可从文学符号的特殊性来探讨莎士比亚悲剧《哈姆雷特》中主人公哈姆雷特的行为。     

How second-generation consumers choose where to shop: A cross-cultural semiotic analysis

Using ethnographic interviews and Greimasian semiotics, this study explores second-generation ethnic consumers’ perceptions of physical shopping environments from a cultural identity perspective. It reveals how second-generation ethnic consumers make decisions about where to shop for cosmetics. The key results reveal the identity dimensions of shopping behaviour that retail stores wanting to target second-generation ethnic consumers must take into consideration.     

World Heritage: Exploring the Tension Between the National and the ‘Universal’

The complex issues of conservation, politics, tourism management and ownership have emerged as critical issues within the World Heritage debate and specifically within heritage tourism research. Within this context, this paper focuses on issues of ownership and belonging and argues that there exists a link between the conceptual inconsistencies inherent in the World Heritage idea and the tensions between the national and the ‘universal’ evident at a number of World Heritage Sites. That is, heritage sites that are deemed to be of ‘outstanding universal value’ and are bestowed with the World Heritage accolade are consequently no longer expected to be perceived as symbols of particular national identities, but as heritage belonging to all humankind. This, of course, provokes a series of debates over the issues of ownership and belonging of such heritage, namely between the national and the ‘universal’ suggesting that it is possible to perceive World Heritage as synonymous with contested heritage. The paper explores these issues of ownership and focuses on the Acropolis, symbol of the World Heritage idea, as a case study utilising an exploratory semiotic analysis of the promotional material released by the Greek National Tourism Organisation over the last five years.     

基于符号学的笔记本电脑翻转方式的研究

现有笔记本电脑市场的发展极为迅速,为了适应市场的要求各大公司企业对笔记本的创新投入了更大的人力,物力,财力。笔记本的创新除了在于内部的硬件、软件的更新外,其外观和内部的结构也是十分主要的组成部分,而其翻转的方式就是外观和结构创新的主要的组成因素,其发转方式的改进成了笔记本电脑创新的重要的一部分,也是带动其销售其重要的增长点之一。本文基于符号学的研究方法对其翻转方式进行初步研究。     

关于语言符号任意性原则的几点思考

语言符号的任意性是就概念和音响形象之间的联系而言的,是普遍存在的。象似性也是普遍存在的,但 还不足以构成对任意性的威胁。     

Taking the “multimodal turn” in interpreting consumption experiences

This paper highlights the contributions of sociosemiotically informed multimodal research in framing and systematically interpreting experiential consumption phenomena. By dint of tried and tested sociosemiotic mappings of cultural practices, consumer researchers may benefit considerably by following available avenues for the modal segmentation of cultural practices, inasmuch as by methodically yielding stratified accounts of experiences in terms of configurations that comprise metafunctions, modes and semiotic resources. As argued throughout this paper, the pursuit of a sociosemiotic avenue in cultural consumer research allows for comparisons across studies, of seamlessness and of maximal integration across different analytical/interpretive levels, thus constituting a potentially indispensable device for modeling consumption experiences.     

探析中国传统图形与现代设计元素的融合再设计

传统图形与现代设计元素的融合中国文化发展的必然趋势.利用设计符号学挖掘图形设计中更多的应用价值,使与现代设计元素融合后的传统图形的意义传达的更加准确和广泛,为中国传统符号的再设计注入新的生命,也使得中国传统图形在现代交流沟通与发展中得以继续传承和演变.     

What No Pasties!? Reading the Cornish Tourism Brochure

This article introduces a conceptual model for the analysis of tourism marketing texts, and provides a social semiotic reading of the Visit Cornwall brochure to demonstrate how the model may be applied. The conceptual model provides an insight into how the cultural meaning of tourism moves from culturally constituted world of tourism marketing, to that of the individual consumer. By understanding how individuals interpret marketing texts, and how they relate to the signs and images used within tourism marketing, it is possible to develop coherent strategies that are tailored to market segments or groups, while identifying the significance, ethics, and validity of the discourses utilized within contemporary tourism marketing practices.     

旅游符号学研究框架体系的建构

旅游符号学应用研究成果丰富,然而其研究框架体系却不够完善。在有关的旅游符号研究文献的基础上,对旅游空间的符号化和旅游活动的符号化过程进行了初步探讨,目的在于提供一个初步的旅游符号学研究框架体系。所谓的旅游符号学,即指用符号学的方法来研究旅游活动的过程。旅游符号空间是旅游活动生存与发展的空间。旅游符号学的研究框架体系应包括旅游符号的解读者——旅游主体和旅游符号的解读对象——旅游吸引物符号系统和旅游媒介符号系统。     

Gendered construction of Macau casino: a social semiotic analysis of tourism brochures

This paper analyses the represented images of men and women in casino ads of Macau, examines the impact of gender power in the casino industry and discusses the social–cultural construction of masculinity and femininity in a culturally diverse context. A social semiotic analysis of a range of casino brochures and leaflets is presented. The analysis reveals that stereotypical portrayals of gender roles persist in Macau’s casino ads, which privilege the male tourist gaze and reproduce the gender power relations within the hetero-patriarchal system. Despite the trend of women’s involvement in public gambling, casino gambling continues to be upheld as a masculine activity in Macau. The study argues that the casino space is constructed through two aspects – the simultaneous masculinisation of gambling and feminisation of interactive service work, which reflect, respectively, the traditional expectations of the gambling culture and the demands of the modern service-intensive casino business.