Chinese Semiotic Studies

Aims & Scope

Chinese Semiotic Studies (CSS) aims to advance the global dialogue on semiotics—broadly understood as the scientific and intellectual inquiry (à la C.S. Peirce) into meaning-making—by bridging Eastern and Western traditions in sign theory and cultural studies. The journal is dedicated to exploring the interplay—both diachronic and synchronic—between Eastern and Western semiotic phenomena and sign theories, their reciprocal influences, and their applications in contemporary research across fields such as philosophy, anthropology, biology, cognition, neuroscience, psychology, art, linguistics, and literary theory. Through its rigorous peer-reviewed publications, CSS seeks to promote interdisciplinary scholarship, inspire innovative approaches to semiotic studies, and deepen the understanding of "humans as interpretive beings" across diverse cultural and academic contexts.

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