Course paper

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………….. …..3

CHAPTER 1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF CULTURAL SEMIOTICS………………………………………...…………………………..7

1.1 General information of cultural semiotics …………………………….………7

1.2 Sign systems in a culture :Processes, Codes, Media ………………………....11

CHAPTER 2. THE SEMIOTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL ,MATERIAL AND MENTAL CULTURE……………….…………22

2.1 Social culture –sign users……………………...…………………...………..22

2.2 Material culture :texts…………………………….………….………………24

2.3 Mental culture :codes………………….…………………….………………27