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Experimental Semiotics: A New Approach for Studying Communication as a Form of Joint Action
Author(s) -
Galantucci Bruno
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
topics in cognitive science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.191
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1756-8765
pISSN - 1756-8757
DOI - 10.1111/j.1756-8765.2009.01027.x
Subject(s) - semiotics , context (archaeology) , action (physics) , human communication , cognitive science , epistemology , joint attention , cognition , empirical research , semiotics of culture , joint (building) , psychology , computer science , sociology , communication , philosophy , history , developmental psychology , engineering , neuroscience , architectural engineering , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , autism
In the last few years, researchers have begun to investigate the emergence of novel forms of human communication in the laboratory. I survey this growing line of research, which may be called experimental semiotics , from three distinct angles. First, I situate the new approach in its theoretical and historical context. Second, I review a sample of studies that exemplify experimental semiotics. Third, I present an empirical study that illustrates how the new approach can help us understand the socio‐cognitive underpinnings of human communication. The main conclusion of the paper will be that, by reproducing micro samples of historical processes in the laboratory, experimental semiotics offers new powerful tools for investigating human communication as a form of joint action.