Revisiting Ostension in Folkloristics

Semiotic analysis in folkloristics usefully centers on iconicity, ostension, and indexicality as modes of representation active in performances of expressive culture. In this essay I focus on the semiotic mode of ostension, wherein a thing is used to represent itself, which I have found helpful in...

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Main Author: John Holmes McDowell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago 2024-04-01
Series:Semiotic Review
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Online Access:https://semioticreview.com/sr/index.php/srindex/article/view/3
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