Toward the total semiotic fact

Pennycook, A

Toward the total semiotic fact

Pennycook, A

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Publisher:: De Gruyter
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Chinese Semiotic Studies, 2023, 19, (4), pp. 595-613
Issue Date:: 2023-11-01

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dc.contributor.author	Pennycook, A https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4656-6187
dc.date.accessioned	2024-01-11T00:25:16Z
dc.date.available	2024-01-11T00:25:16Z
dc.date.issued	2023-11-01
dc.identifier.citation	Chinese Semiotic Studies, 2023, 19, (4), pp. 595-613
dc.identifier.issn	2198-9605
dc.identifier.issn	2198-9613
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/174259
dc.description.abstract	This paper explores the quest for an account of the total linguistic or semiotic fact. Speech act theory, sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, and social semiotics have all attempted, in various ways and at various times, to find a way to describe as much as possible what is going on around any speech event. While this search for the total linguistic fact will always be a chimerical goal, this paper draws on the inspirational work of Jan Blommaert to suggest a framework for moving in this direction. The acronym SEMIOSIS points to the complexity of what is at play, comprising social relations, emotional and affective domains, multilingual practices, iterative activity, objects and assemblages, spatial repertoires, interactivity, and sensory relations. Looking at data from a small Bangladeshi-run store in Tokyo, the paper shows how bringing in this wider set of concerns allows a more comprehensive account of semiotic moments.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	De Gruyter
dc.relation.ispartof	Chinese Semiotic Studies
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1515/css-2023-2023
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.title	Toward the total semiotic fact
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	19
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/FASS Faculty Administration
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dc.date.updated	2024-01-11T00:25:15Z
pubs.issue	4
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	19
utslib.citation.issue	4

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This paper explores the quest for an account of the total linguistic or semiotic fact. Speech act theory, sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, and social semiotics have all attempted, in various ways and at various times, to find a way to describe as much as possible what is going on around any speech event. While this search for the total linguistic fact will always be a chimerical goal, this paper draws on the inspirational work of Jan Blommaert to suggest a framework for moving in this direction. The acronym SEMIOSIS points to the complexity of what is at play, comprising social relations, emotional and affective domains, multilingual practices, iterative activity, objects and assemblages, spatial repertoires, interactivity, and sensory relations. Looking at data from a small Bangladeshi-run store in Tokyo, the paper shows how bringing in this wider set of concerns allows a more comprehensive account of semiotic moments.

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