Using performance and theatricality as metaphors to describe MUD adventure games this paper starts out by defining a difference between ’performative’ and ’theatrical’ acts within MUDs. Performative acts differ from theatrical acts in that they are effecting ’real’ changes to the MUD environment, thus directly influencing the game in one way or another. It is argued that to understand the perfo...

Abstract. We report on a case study in the emergence of a lexicon in a group of autonomous distributed agents situated and grounded in an open environment. Because the agents are autonomous, grounded, and situated, the possible words and possible meanings are not fixed but continuously change as the agents autonomously evolve their communication system and adapt it to novel situations. The case...

Han characters (kanji) used in written Japanese come from China, but there are created separately Japan called kokuji. This research aims to investigate the formation of kokuji according Peirce’s semiotics and rikusho (traditional classification Chinese characters) by Xu Shen, one additional proposed character category—namely, kaii-keisei class. The method this study is library research. Of 87 ...

Semiotic is study of sign. The signs deliver communicative message through verbal (gestures and utterance) or non-verbal information (body language) that leads viewers comprehend the well. Based on type, sign divided into three, they are icon, index symbol. This research analyzes three types sign, index, symbol cigarette advertisement. data this advertisements which consist 2 different brands f...