Semiotics and culture
The perception of time as a semiotic problem
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12636906 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Boris Uspenskij (0000-0002-2018-587X, National Research University Higher School of Economics, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3/4 |
| Pages | 230-248 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sign Systems Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1406-4243 • E-ISSN: 1736-7409 |
| Publisher | University of Tartu (PUBLISHER • EE) |
| DOI | 10.12697/sss.2017.45.3-4.02 |
| OpenAlex | W2781552497 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
The perception of time is culturally conditioned which means that in different cultures time may be experienced – perceived, conceptualized and evaluated – in diverse ways. The distinction between past, present and future seems to be a universal phenomenon, but the relations of these categories may be different in different cultural codes. The author defines two models of temporal perception, ‘historical’ and ‘cosmological’, analysing the conceptualization of time in each of them
Conceptualization · Epistemology · Linguistics · Perception · Phenomenon · Semiotics · Semiotics of culture · Sociology · Time perception · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2022 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |