This also involves the study of signs and the processes, indication, designation, analogy, metaphor, symbolism, signification and communication. Semiology as a Science is connected to the word Semiosis which is a common word used in semiotics to delegate the yielding and interpretation of a sign. Semiology can further be defined, as the branch of knowledge (academic) that is taught and researched at the University level. In the social sciences, it could be regarded as the field of study concerned with society and human behaviour.
Semiology is tightly connected to the discipline of Linguistics, which, analyses the structure and meaning of language more pointly. The semiotic tradition research into the study of signs and symbols as a significant aspect of communications.
Researchers in the field of Semiotics have not only contributed in giving an adequate definition of Semiology, however, they have also come up with different fields of study in Semiotics. This are explained below;
Bio-semiotics: This studies the production and interpretation of signs and codes in the biologic realm. This field attempts to desegregate the findings of scientific biology and semiotics, representing a paradigmatic shift in the western scientific view of life, demonstrating that semiotics is its immanent and intrinsic feature
Cognitive semiotics: This refers to the study of meaning-making by adopting and integrating methods and theories developed in the cognitive sciences as well as in the human sciences. This also includes the conceptual and textual analysis as well as experimental and ethnographic examinations.
Computational Semiotics: This field tries to organise the process of semiosis, in the observation of and design for Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), and mimic area of human cognition through artificial and knowledge representation.
Product semiotics: This aspect of semiotics study the use of signs in the pattern of physical products. This could be credited to Rune Mono.
Organizational semiology: This sub-field of semiology examines the nature, charateristics and features of information, and studies how information can best be applied in the area of organized activities and business domains.
Semiotic engineering: This approach view Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) between architects and users at interaction time. The computer communicates for its designers in different forms of conversations specified at design time. These chatting communicate the designers’ understanding of who the users are, what they know the users want or need to do, in which favourite ways and why.