Vern Poythress
Biographic Data
| ID | 5979440 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vern Poythress |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vern |
| FAMILY NAME | Poythress |
| SIGNATURE | POYTHRESS V |
| AFFILIATIONS | New Testament, Westminster Theological Seminary, 2960 W. Church Road, Glenside, Pennsylvania, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Tagmemic Semiotic Analysis of Chemical Representations
A semiotic analysis of chemical formulas and reactions using tagmemic theory discloses many features relevant for semiotic structure. Among these are the etic/emic distinction; the presence of units, hierarchy, and specific system contexts; the relevance of particle, wave, and field perspectives; contrast, variation, and distribution in units; filler, prominence, and function in the hierarchy. In chemical representations, a principal hierarchy of…
A semiotic analysis of multiple systems of logic: Using tagmemic theory to assess the usefulness and limitations of formal logics, and to produce a mathematical lattice model including multiple system…
Tagmemic theory as a semiotic theory can be used to analyze multiple systems of logic and to assess their strengths and weaknesses. This analysis constitutes an application of semiotics and also a contribution to understanding of the nature of logic within the context of human meaning. Each system of logic is best adapted to represent one portion of human rationality. Acknowledging this correlation between systems and their targets helps explain …
A simple traffic-light semiotic model for tagmemic theory
The complexity and flexibility of tagmemic theory, as a semiotic theory developed by Kenneth L. Pike, can be better understood by examining how it applies to a simple semiotic system like traffic lights. We can then compare the result with how it functions in analyzing a piece of natural language. Tagmemic theory introduces three observer viewpoints - the particle view, the wave view, and the field view. Each view generates a suite of questions t…
A Formalism for Describing Rules of Conversation
In a conversation among several people repeated shifts in the role of 'speaker' and 'addressee' may occur, partly at random (as when a new topic of conversation is started by any one of the participants, who thus becomes the new speaker), partly according to rule (as when a participant responds to a question or comment directed toward him). 'Interruption' or 'rudeness' can then be regarded as a violation of rule. This paper studies the semiotic r…
A simple traffic-light semiotic model for tagmemic theory
The complexity and flexibility of tagmemic theory, as a semiotic theory developed by Kenneth L. Pike, can be better understood by examining how it applies to a simple semiotic system like traffic lights. We can then compare the result with how it functions in analyzing a piece of natural language. Tagmemic theory introduces three observer viewpoints - the particle view, the wave view, and the field view. Each view generates a suite of questions t…
A Formalism for Describing Rules of Conversation
In a conversation among several people repeated shifts in the role of 'speaker' and 'addressee' may occur, partly at random (as when a new topic of conversation is started by any one of the participants, who thus becomes the new speaker), partly according to rule (as when a participant responds to a question or comment directed toward him). 'Interruption' or 'rudeness' can then be regarded as a violation of rule. This paper studies the semiotic r…
A Formalism for Describing Rules of Conversation
In a conversation among several people repeated shifts in the role of 'speaker' and 'addressee' may occur, partly at random (as when a new topic of conversation is started by any one of the participants, who thus becomes the new speaker), partly according to rule (as when a participant responds to a question or comment directed toward him). 'Interruption' or 'rudeness' can then be regarded as a violation of rule. This paper studies the semiotic r…
A simple traffic-light semiotic model for tagmemic theory
The complexity and flexibility of tagmemic theory, as a semiotic theory developed by Kenneth L. Pike, can be better understood by examining how it applies to a simple semiotic system like traffic lights. We can then compare the result with how it functions in analyzing a piece of natural language. Tagmemic theory introduces three observer viewpoints - the particle view, the wave view, and the field view. Each view generates a suite of questions t…
A semiotic analysis of multiple systems of logic: Using tagmemic theory to assess the usefulness and limitations of formal logics, and to produce a mathematical lattice model including multiple system…
Tagmemic theory as a semiotic theory can be used to analyze multiple systems of logic and to assess their strengths and weaknesses. This analysis constitutes an application of semiotics and also a contribution to understanding of the nature of logic within the context of human meaning. Each system of logic is best adapted to represent one portion of human rationality. Acknowledging this correlation between systems and their targets helps explain …
A Tagmemic Semiotic Analysis of Chemical Representations
A semiotic analysis of chemical formulas and reactions using tagmemic theory discloses many features relevant for semiotic structure. Among these are the etic/emic distinction; the presence of units, hierarchy, and specific system contexts; the relevance of particle, wave, and field perspectives; contrast, variation, and distribution in units; filler, prominence, and function in the hierarchy. In chemical representations, a principal hierarchy of…
Semiotics (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Chemistry and Stereochemistry Studies (1 works)