L’épistémologie critique de la sémiotique

Abstract

Starting with a preliminary examination of the notions of discourse and text, this article sets out to characterize the respective epistemological positions of textual semantics (F. Rastier), discursive semiotics (A.-J. Greimas, J. Fontanille) and textual semiotics (L. Hjelmslev). The proposed epistemological characterization device allows us to identify both the common immanentist anchoring and the fundamental differences in the epistemological positioning of these close currents of thought, which are essential for semiotics.

Keywords

• epistemology
• text
• discourse
• reflexivity
• immanence