THE ASSESMENT OF THE FUNCTION OF PICTOGRAMS FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE HISTORY TO THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD Cover Image

YAZILI TARİHİN BAŞLANGICINDAN GÜNÜMÜZ DÜNYASINA PİKTOGRAMLARIN İŞLEVİ ÜZERİNE BİR DEĞERLENDİRME
THE ASSESMENT OF THE FUNCTION OF PICTOGRAMS FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE HISTORY TO THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD

Author(s): Tuğcan Güler
Subject(s): Semiotics / Semiology, Recent History (1900 till today), Philology
Published by: Sanat ve Dil Araştırmaları Enstitüsü
Keywords: Pictogram; Text; Semiology; Legibilty;

Summary/Abstract: Pictograms are one of the visual marks facilitating users for communicating with each other from different cultures. It has an ability to transform any message into a common language thanks to visualize in a simple way. While the origin of pictograms are down to the date of the first writing systems, pictograms received the field of study as a result of the improvements of the 20th century. The fundamental function is to transmit the concept or situation to the user regardless of the spoken language. In this paper, the role of the pictograms in written language and the transition of today’s world will be examined. Furthermore the contribution of the semiology to today’s pictograms and the legibility will be discussed.

  • Issue Year: 5/2016
  • Issue No: 25
  • Page Range: 1521-1538
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Turkish