Abstract
Group dynamics is extremely difficult to model and to analyze through formal methods. From an interdisciplinary perspective, and based on core ideas drawn from Peircean semiotics, Category Theory, and psychoanalysis, the current paper presents a novel semio-mathematical technique for excavating themes out of group dynamics. A theme is modeled as an elementary Topos that is systematically produced from the verbal interaction using triadic units of analysis. Each theme is interpreted in-context in order to excavate unconscious relational patterns. The technique is illustrated through the analysis of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 323-336 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Semiotica |
| Volume | 2011 |
| Issue number | 187 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Oct 2011 |
Keywords
- category theory
- group dynamics
- interdisciplinary research
- semiotic matrix
- semiotics and psychology/psychoanalysis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Language and Linguistics
- Linguistics and Language
- Literature and Literary Theory