Marcel Danesi

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Marcel Danesi (born 1946) is Professor of Semiotics and Linguistic Anthropology at the University of Toronto. [1] He is known for his work in language, communications and semiotics and is Director of the program in semiotics and communication theory. He has also held positions at Rutgers University (1972), University of Rome "La Sapienza" (1988), the Catholic University of Milan (1990) and the University of Lugano.

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He is the editor-in-chief of Semiotica, the official journal of the International Association for Semiotic Studies, and is a past-president of the Semiotic Society of America. Danesi regularly contributes to global discussions on semiotics and human behaviors with appearances including a discussion on kissing on The Deep Cover Show with Damien Dynan [2] and the origins of puzzles in Best Health magazine. [3]

Publications

Danesi is the author of several books and his work has been featured in a range of mainstream publications such as The New York Times, The Guardian [4] and The Globe and Mail. [5]

His 2016 book, The Semiotics of Emoji, traces the use of emoji back to its anthropological and sociological roots. Reviewing the book in the journal Semiotica (of which Danesi himself has been editor-in-chief since 2004), Omonpee W. Petcoff wrote, "The author purposefully and masterfully presents semiotics principles and pedagogy in non-technical terms. The outcome is a text that, while rich in semiotics fundamentals and terminology, is also inviting, engaging, and, accordingly, accessible to diverse readers." [6] In 2017, The Semiotics of Emoji was one of four books shortlisted for the annual British Association for Applied Linguistics Book Prize. [7]

However, the book was found to be "riddled with elementary errors" and "shoddy citation practices" according to Internet linguist Gretchen McCulloch's review in the Canadian Journal of Linguistics . [8] The details of her analysis are publicly available in the Twitter thread review she posted on her account in August 2018, on which the journal review was based. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Marcel Danesi". University of Toronto. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "The Deep Cover Show with Damien Dynan" . Spotify. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  3. ↑ Ishani Nath (28 January 2022). "Make the Most of Your Time Indoors with These Craft Kits for Adults". Best Health. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  4. ↑ Marcel Danesi (25 November 2011). "Why do humans kiss? You asked Google – here's the answer". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "Video: The logo dialogue between Clinton and Trump". The Globe and Mail. 19 October 2016.
    - "Marcel Danesi Ph.D." Psychology Today.
  6. ↑ Petcoff, Omonpee W. (2019). "Review of The semiotics of emoji: The rise of visual language in the age of the Internet" . Semiotica. 2019 (227): 335–340. doi:10.1515/sem-2017-0143. S2CID   171455209.
  7. ↑ "BAAL Book Prize 2017 shortlist". British Association for Applied Linguistics. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  8. ↑ McCulloch, Gretchen (2019). "Review: Marcel Danesi. 2017. The semiotics of emoji: The rise of visual language in the age of the internet". Canadian Journal of Linguistics. 65 (1): 141–145. doi: 10.1017/cnj.2019.18 . S2CID   203060024.
  9. ↑ @GretchenAMcC (16 August 2018). "Here's an emoji sequence that is claimed to be readily interpretable by Millennials. Please give me your best attem…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.


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