Nonwestern semiotics and its possible impact on the composition of Semiotics Theory in future * Youzheng Li Abstract Traditionally we get used to a dichotomy of the theoretical and the applied levels in semiotic studies. Therefore there exi...

Youzheng Li Background : This paper was read in Helsinki University in June 13, 2007 as a plenary lecture for the 9 th IASS Congress. It was introduced by Prof. Roland Posner, the honorary President of IASS. Before delivering this lecture I...

The Strategic Shift of the Domain of Theoretical Semiotics: From Reality to Discourse Global semiotics can be taken as equivalent to comparative semiotics that leads to a new reflection on general or theoretical semiotics. The global/compar...

Epistemological Implication of The Intercultural Semiotic Movement: Towards A New Enlightenment in Theoretical Practice of Mankind (this paper was read in the sance Semiotics and Theory of the 8th IASS Congress of Lyon, July 9, 2004) Summar...

Significance and Perspective of the Chinese-Western Semiotic Dialogue (A concluding lecture prepared for the Beijing Semiotics Congress on behalf of the Chinese side, March 28, 2004) Summary This international congress implies both the subs...

Semiotics and Global Humanities (A Greeting Speech At the Opening Ceremony of the Congress of Global Semiotics, Imatra, Finland, June 11, 2005) I am very glad to come to Imatra once again. This reminds me of my first visit to this beautiful...

Semiotics in Future (A Statement at the Concluding Sance of the 8th IASS Congress Lyon, July 12, 2004) In my opinion intercultural semiotic practice will someday widely influence the theoretical panorama and framework of semiotic studies in...