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Stuart Hall's term for several linked but distinctive 'moments' in processes of mass communication - production, circulation, distribution/consumption and reproduction.

Domain: Language; Category: General language

One of the fundamental concepts in semiotics. Semiotic codes are procedural systems of related conventions for correlating signifiers and signifieds in certain domains.

Domain: Language; Category: General language

A historical social process whereby the conventions of a particular code (e.g. for a genre) become widely established (Guiraud).

Domain: Language; Category: General language

'Commonsense' represents the most widespread cultural and historical values, attitudes and beliefs within a given culture. It is generated by ideological forces operating through codes and myths.

Domain: Language; Category: General language

From a semiotic perspective, communication involves encoding and decoding texts according to the conventions of appropriate codes (Jakobson).

Domain: Language; Category: General language

Saussure's term for a sign which contains other signs. A text is usually a complex sign.

Domain: Language; Category: General language

In Jakobson's model of linguistic communication this is deemed to be one of the key functions of a sign. This function involves the (usually implicit) construction of an addressee ('ideal reader').

Domain: Language; Category: General language

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