Semiotics Quiz

Who is considered the father of modern linguistics and started the theory of sign with a dyadic or two-part model?

• Charles Sanders Peirce

• John Locke

• Ferdinand de Saussure

• Umberto Eco

Which level of signification explains the relationship of signifier and signified to reality, producing an explicit, direct, and definite meaning?

• Myth

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Heuristic Reading

According to Michael Riffaterre, what causes indirectness of expression in literary works?

• Creation of meaning

• Heuristic reading

• Meaning replacement

• Deviation meaning

Who developed semiotics into 2 levels of signs, denotation and connotation?

• Michael Riffaterre

• Ferdinand de Saussure

• Umberto Eco

• Roland Barthes

What is the study of how signs and symbols are used to convey meaning in different contexts and media?

• Syntax

• Pragmatics

• Signification semiotics

• Communication semiotics

According to Umberto Eco, what is the task of a semiotician like?

• Studying ancient texts

• Conducting scientific experiments

• Analyzing historical events

• Exploring a forest

Who treated language as a sign-system and divided the sign into the signifier and the signified?

• Ferdinand de Saussure

• Michael Riffaterre

• Roland Barthes

• Umberto Eco

What is the level of signification that explains the relationship between signifier and signified in which non-explicit, indirect, and uncertain meaning operates?

• Heuristic Reading

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Myth

According to Charles Sanders Peirce, what is the object of a sign?

• The concept or idea behind the sign

• The form of the sign

• The purpose of the sign

• The interpreter of the sign

Who is considered a French literary theorist, critic, and semiotician, and developed semiotics into 2 levels of signs, denotation and connotation?

• Michael Riffaterre

• Ferdinand de Saussure

• Umberto Eco

• Roland Barthes