Semiotics now

Kalevi Kull; Ekaterina Velmezova

doi:10.12697/SSS.2024.52.3-4.11

Semiotics now

Authors

Kalevi Kull Department of Semiotics, University of Tartu, Jakobi 2, Tartu 51005, Estonia
Ekaterina Velmezova Université de Lausanne, SLAS/CLSL, Quartier UNIL-Chamberonne, Anthropole, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland; University of Tartu, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Lossi 3, 51003 Tartu, Estonia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12697/SSS.2024.52.3-4.11

Abstract

We present the results of a survey conducted among professional semioticians from around the world, who were asked to answer two questions: (A) what problems should semiotics solve in the near future? and (B) what are the most important publications on semiotics since 2000? The collection of 63 responses received provides a self-description of contemporary semiotics, as well as some material for scholars to learn from one another. In addition, we add responses from the latest versions of a large language simulator (GPT) as a characteristic feature of the current decade.