semiotician
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Italian semiotician and author Umberto Eco said as much in his seminal Il costume di casa, or "Faith in Fakes," in which he attempted to unfurl "America's obsession with simulacra and counterfeit reality."
From Salon • Jul. 10, 2023
Not since Italian philosopher and semiotician Umberto Eco wrote the surprise bestseller “The Name of the Rose” in 1980 has an entertaining mystery novel so elegantly doubled as a reflection on the instability of truth.
From Washington Post • Jun. 12, 2022
When Lucy refers to the “intertextuality” that once existed between her and Alice, she uses a term coined by the French semiotician Julia Kristeva a decade after the novel takes place.
From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2018
Brogan: In a somewhat surly spirit, the Italian semiotician and writer Umberto Eco once wrote that while we all write poetry in our teens, it should be burned without being shown to anyone.
From Slate • Nov. 8, 2017
“I knew he would be a character, because he was a good friend of Barthes and a semiotician, too,” say Binet.
From The Guardian • May 5, 2017
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