Untitled

The Semiotic Triangle

Ogden y Richards

Language, the world, and the human mind.

The semiotic tringle is composed of three parts

Symbol

(languaje)

Reference

(Though or Psychology )

Referent

Language comes from human beings

Product of the processes of the mind

Is any perceptible signal chosen to express the speaker's intention.

Express the events of the world to which the symbol or language refers.

The only referents we can know are those perceived by our senses or those imagined in our mind.

Symbol (Pitbull dog )

Note: All meanings are obtained by means of symbols that come through personal interpretations ,which does not agree with the meaning of the word ,this meaning is produced by the person who hears or knows it.

Reference

Referent

Domesticated Animal

Symbol (Pitbull dog )

Referent

Domesticated Animal

Reference