Cognitive semiotics: Meaning, Mind and Communication

Education facts

Code: SEMN02

<p>Cognitive semiotics is a synthesis of semiotics and cognitive science, giving new insights into human and animal meaning-making and consciousness, bridging gaps between sciences and humanities. The course will introduce you to this exciting discipline and show you how to use it in your own research.</p><p>The course will make you familiar with key topics and methods in cognitive semiotics, such as the conceptual-empirical loop, and how to triangulate between first-person, second-person and third-person methods. Through reading and discussing both theoretical and empirical oriented texts, you will gain an understanding of a number of central theoretical concepts like intentionality, semiosis, iconicity, signs and signals, semiotic systems, polysemiosis, multimodality. Further, the course will show you how to conduct cognitive semiotic research yourself.</p>

Entry requirements

90 ECTS credits, of which at least 60 ECTS credits in linguistics (General Linguistics or Phonetics), semiotics, cognitive science, or a language (or the equivalent). English course 6/B.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Cognitive semiotics: Meaning, Mind and Communication

  Lund University

  Start date: 31 August 2026

  End date: 1 November 2026

  Pace of study: 50 %