Abstract The aim of this study is to analyze the semantic organization of the text “Shooting an Elephant.” The research is carried out with a multidisciplinary perspective using semantic and semiotic data. The theory of semantics is used to examine the words which predominately form the meaning universe of the text. The analysis is fulfilled within the scope of meaning relations as denotation/connotation and synonymy/antonymy in the lexical field. Then the transsentential signs which have a critical role in the construction of the semantic universe of the text are interpreted in the sense of semiotics. The production process of the descriptive, narrative, and thematic meaning layers is revealed throughout the study. Besides bringing the semantic universe of the narrative with its constructive components to light over the course of the study, the impressive dominance of particular signs and their contribution to the narrative are discussed to reveal the loss of identity of the West.

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从语义学到符号学

摘要这项研究的目的是分析“射击大象”文本的语义组织。这项研究是使用语义和符号数据从多学科的角度进行的。语义理论用于检查主要构成文本含义世界的单词。在词法领域中的意义关系的范围内，如外延/内涵和同义词/反义词，进行分析。然后，在符号学的意义上解释了在文本语义世界的建构中起关键作用的超越符号。在整个研究中揭示了描述性，叙事性和主题意义层的产生过程。在研究过程中，除了使叙事的语义宇宙及其构成成分发光外，