Semiotics of computer-mediated communication: from text to image

Authors

  • Alexander A. Barkovich Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Keywords:

semiotics, computer-mediated communication, natural language, artificial language, linguistic interpretation, model, text, image

Abstract

This article is devoted to the linguistic interpretation of the functionality and dynamics of modern communication. Semiotic features of computer-mediated speech practice, the role of artificial languages in communication and prospects for their improvement are considered. The trend of computer-mediated communication (supplementing the text with figurative means) is identified and described. In the linguistic context, this trend confirms the effectiveness and perspectives of modelling communication. It is pointed out that the popularity of images and creolised forms of text indicates both a certain degree of exhaustion of the potential of artificial language tools in their current form, as well as the search for new resources.

Author Biography

  • Alexander A. Barkovich, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    doctor of science (philology), docent; head of the department of theoretical and Slavic linguistics, faculty of philology

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2025-08-19

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No. 2 (2025): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philology

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Semiotics of computer-mediated communication: from text to image. (2025). Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philology, 2, 84-89. https://doi.org/10.33581/2521-6775-2025-2-84-89