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- Title: Semiotics of Literary Titling: Three Categories of Reference (Report)
- Author : Applied Semiotics/Semiotique applique
- Release Date : January 01, 2009
- Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines,Books,Professional & Technical,Education,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 93 KB
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Introduction: Between naming and titling Any case of naming and titling involves a purpose of identification. [1] This purpose is essentially technical, and is based on needs and considerations outside the named and titled object. The function of identification in such a case is to shorten and to summarize. Instead of embarking on a lengthy account of the main features and landmarks of New York City to identify this object for your reader or interlocutor you need only mention the name of the city, which is a combination of just two words. Shortening and summarizing catalyze communication among people, hence necessarily make it more efficient. However, the difference between naming and titling is not merely semantic but more significant, and may be summed up by the five following points.