Spatial semiosis and time

Authors

  • Leonid Tchertov Dept. of Philosophy, Saint-Petersburg State University, Mendeleevskaja line 5, St. Petersburg 199034

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12697/SSS.2005.33.2.03

Abstract

Spatial semiosis differs from temporal one by its structural and functional peculiarities. Meaningful relations between units of spatial texts are not ordered along of temporal axe and do not need time in their form of expression. However time remains an important factor for both: being of the spatial semiosis in the external time and being of time in the spatial texts as object of representation. In the contrast to temporal communication, where acts receiving of texts must be synchronized with the acts of their (re)production, spatial semiosis is built as a diachronic process, dividing in time from two separate acts: creating and perceiving. This structural peculiarity allows to connect people from different temporal periods and gives to spatial semiosis the function of irreplaceable means for cultural memory. Excluding time from the semiotic form of their plane of expression, spatial texts have some rules of presentation in time and semiotic means for representation of temporal order and duration in their plane of contents. There are different means of representation of time in the spatial forms: the projection of temporal structures on the spatial ones, concentration of different moments in one state, etc.

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Published

2005-12-31

How to Cite

Tchertov, L. (2005). Spatial semiosis and time. Sign Systems Studies, 33(2), 297–315. https://doi.org/10.12697/SSS.2005.33.2.03

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