Introduction: Developing a Historical Social-Semiotic Approach to Communication Practices in Antiquity

Klaas Bentein; Yasmine Amory

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Introduction: Developing a Historical Social-Semiotic Approach to Communication Practices in Antiquity

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Pages:: 1–14

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004526525_002

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Abstract

This introductory chapter stresses the importance of studying the social dimensions of writing in antiquity. Scholars working within a number of papyrological and epigraphical paradigms—whether materially, spatially, or linguistically oriented—have made the same point, but so far little attention has been paid to what modern-day communication the-ory has to say. This introduction argues for the relevance of one such framework in particular, social semiotics, which provides key insights towards the sorts of meaning that can be created in social contexts, and how meaning can be mapped to form. Rather than viewing social semiotics as theory that should be strictly adhered to, the argument is that the confrontation with historical data may lead to new questions and methods, thus stimulating the development of a historical social-semiotic approach. Following an outline of the contents of the volume, key challenges for future re-search are identified.

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Novel Perspectives on Communication Practices in Antiquity

Towards a Historical Social-Semiotic Approach

Series: Papyrologica Lugduno-Batava, Volume: 41

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E-Book ISBN:: 9789004526525

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 04 Nov 2022

Subjects
- Ancient Near East and Egypt
  - Codicology, Papyrology & Philology
- Classical Studies
  - Epigraphy & Papyrology

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Part 1 A Novel Approach to the Visual and Material Characteristics of Ancient Documents

Part 2 A Multi-Modal Approach to Ancient Sources

Part 3 A Quantitative Approach to Linguistic Variation in Papyri

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