Operationalizing Peirce’s Syllabus in terms of icons and stereotypes
Abstract Peirce’s Syllabus is examined and used to interpret metaphoric iconic stereotypes applied to Indigenous people: “noble savage,” “bloodthirsty savage,” “domestic dependent nation,” “vanishing race,” “Indian tribe,” and “ecological Indian.” Efforts on the part of the Indigenous to replace the...
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crdegruyter:10.1515/sem-2018-0152 2023-05-15T16:16:14+02:00 Operationalizing Peirce’s Syllabus in terms of icons and stereotypes Clemmer, Richard 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/sem-2018-0152 https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/sem-2018-0152/xml https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/sem-2018-0152/pdf en eng Walter de Gruyter GmbH Semiotica volume 2021, issue 239, page 265-285 ISSN 1613-3692 0037-1998 Literature and Literary Theory Linguistics and Language Language and Linguistics journal-article 2021 crdegruyter https://doi.org/10.1515/sem-2018-0152 2022-06-16T13:41:06Z Abstract Peirce’s Syllabus is examined and used to interpret metaphoric iconic stereotypes applied to Indigenous people: “noble savage,” “bloodthirsty savage,” “domestic dependent nation,” “vanishing race,” “Indian tribe,” and “ecological Indian.” Efforts on the part of the Indigenous to replace the these stereotypes with different icons such as “Native American,” “First Nations,” and, most recently, “water protectors,” are also examined. The usefulness of representamen categories from Peirce’s Syllabus, “rhematic,” “Argument,” “dicent,” “indexical,” “qualisign,” “legisign,” and “sinsign,” is demonstrated. Greimas’ observations about the functions of modalities are brought in to explain how graphic images and portraiture, fictional and memoir narratives, legal discourses, and popular media representations implement various sections of the Syllabus. Putting Peirce’s Syllabus into action confirms its ability to perform dynamic, diachronic, and diagrammatic functions. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations De Gruyter (via Crossref) Indian Semiotica 2021 239 265 285 |
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Abstract Peirce’s Syllabus is examined and used to interpret metaphoric iconic stereotypes applied to Indigenous people: “noble savage,” “bloodthirsty savage,” “domestic dependent nation,” “vanishing race,” “Indian tribe,” and “ecological Indian.” Efforts on the part of the Indigenous to replace the these stereotypes with different icons such as “Native American,” “First Nations,” and, most recently, “water protectors,” are also examined. The usefulness of representamen categories from Peirce’s Syllabus, “rhematic,” “Argument,” “dicent,” “indexical,” “qualisign,” “legisign,” and “sinsign,” is demonstrated. Greimas’ observations about the functions of modalities are brought in to explain how graphic images and portraiture, fictional and memoir narratives, legal discourses, and popular media representations implement various sections of the Syllabus. Putting Peirce’s Syllabus into action confirms its ability to perform dynamic, diachronic, and diagrammatic functions. |
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