schools and theoretical approaches
type: Concept
narrower: semiology

cultural theory
type: Concept
narrower: semiology

semiology
definition: Semiology has its modern origins in the linguistic theory of Ferdinand de Saussure, especially in the various versions of his Cours de Linguistique Générale [Course in General Linguistics] ([1916] 1971). Some of the basic principles expounded by Saussure are also discussed by classical writers such as Plato and Aristotle, although neither of these thinkers explicitly set out to develop a science of semiology as such. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Theory; Semiology]
broader: semiotics
broader: schools and theoretical approaches
broader: French social theory
broader: cultural theory
type: Concept

French social theory
type: Concept
narrower: semiology

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: semiology

semiotics
type: Concept
narrower: semiology