Semiotics: Who's Who? Quiz
Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Semiotics? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Who came up with the basic model of the sign as made up of signifier and signified?
Albert Einstein
Roland Barthes
Ferdinand de Saussure
Jean Baudrillard
Q. Who first developed a three-sided model of the sign?
Ferdinand de Saussure
Charles Sanders Peirce
Claude Lévi-Strauss
Michel Foucault
Q. Which of these theorists has explored semiotics in relation to psychoanalysis?
Kaja Silverman
Sigmund Freud
Jacques Lacan
Dr. Phil
Q. Which duo produced a study on metaphor and metonymy?
George Barthes and Jonathan Culler
George Lakoff and Mark Johnson
Robert Hodge and Gunther Kress
Ferdinand de Saussure and Claude Lévi-Strauss
Q. Who outlined a process of simulation?
Friedrich Engels
Jacques Lacan
Jean Baudrillard
V. N. Voloshinov