Thursday 4th August 2016
Zoosemiotics \ [zoh-uh-see-mee-ot-iks, -see-mahy-, -sem-ee-, -sem-ahy-]
Noun,
( used with a singular verb)
1.
the study of the sounds and signals used in animal communication, as
song in birds or tail-wagging in dogs.
Quote
Perhaps, if Thomas Sebeok is right, the lizard is simply poor in zoosemiotics. To
be sure, we may never know.
John Mowitt, "Facing the Radio," Radio: Essays in Bad Reception 2011
Origin
Zoosemiotics entered English in the 1960’s. Its first element, zoo-, stems from
the Greek zôion meaning "animal"; semiotics can be traced to the Greek
sēmeîon meaning "sign."
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