The semiotic analysis of information texts

Abstract

Today, the study of the information texts’ semiotic nature acquires special relevance in connection with the change of the form and type of the information itself, related to global communication processes. In this connection, the purpose of this scientific research was to designate the fundamental role of the sign and meaning problem in modern information texts. The main methodological tools for the study of semiotic models in this work were the concepts of the signs by Ch. Pierce and Ch. Morgan, as well as the linguistic theories of F. de Saussure. The author reveals the essence of the semiotic model through the prism of studying two main interconnected semiotic problems. The first is to identify the nature of the sign, the mystery of its origin, the modeling of the sign situation, the possibility of the motivated signs’ existence, the relationship of meaning and reason; the second is to denote the problem of specific information facts’ semiotic analysis, in which the original is such a concept as «semiosphere», acting as a space for the implementation of continuous birth and development of meanings processes during the interaction of different languages and texts. The value of the study lies in the identification of the main signs and symbols of information texts as the main means of communication and a special activity of modern global human being, communicating through electronic means. Thus, the practical significance of the work is determined by the possibility of applying the results of the study in the formation and further development of a full-fledged information society, that is ascending signs as a priority in communication processes as key components of human culture, in which individuals give them certain meanings, significance and value.

Key words: sign, symbol, communicative model, text, structuralism.