Üzenet a múltból. Jelek családi használatú textíliákon
Message from the past. Signs on family textiles

Author(s): Imre Gráfik
Subject(s): Semiotics / Semiology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Fórum Kisebbségkutató Intézet
Summary/Abstract: The author analyzes the signs found on various objects – which indicate belonging to someone – starting with a towel with a monogram. These objects belong to a specific group: the so-called „memorial objects”. The text mainly, but not exclusively, gives examples from the field of textiles, namely those that predominantly have monograms. If information can be retrieved regarding their use, it is important for ethnographic research and ethnosemiotics. They can clarify and complete our knowledge of the practice of folk-peasant sign use. In this way, they can contribute to the pragmatics of the use of signs and sign systems and to the understanding of their semantic domain, as well as to the exploration of syntactic regularities.

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