From Interaction to Symbol: A systems view of the evolution of signs and communication
Piotr Sadowski
[Iconicity in Language and Literature, 8] 2009. xxi, 300 pp.
Piotr Sadowski
List of John Benjamins publications for which Piotr Sadowski plays a role.
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Subjects Cognition and language | Communication Studies | Philosophy
2020 In the kingdom of shadows: Towards a cognitive definition of photographic media Operationalizing Iconicity, Perniss, Pamela, Olga Fischer and Christina Ljungberg (eds.), pp. 231–244 | Chapter
The essay identifies some of the cognitive processes underlying the appeal of photography and film. Unlike painting or drawing, the photographic media are primarily indexical, with the implied physical connection between object and image. Like painting however, photographic media are also iconic,… read more
2011 The iconic indexicality of photography Semblance and Signification, Michelucci, Pascal, Olga Fischer and Christina Ljungberg (eds.), pp. 355–368 | Article
The unique visual appeal of photography results from combining the basically iconic code (resemblance between image and referent) with indexicality. Photography is indexical insofar as the represented object is “imprinted” by light and the chemical (or electronic) process on the image, creating a… read more
2003 From signal to symbol: Towards a systems typology of linguistic signs From Sign to Signing, Müller, Wolfgang G. and Olga Fischer, pp. 411–424 | Article
2001 The sound as an echo to the sense: The iconicity of English gl- words The Motivated Sign, Fischer, Olga and Max Nänny (eds.), pp. 69–88 | Article