CULTURAL SEMIOTICS IN THE ANGLOSPHERE: A COMPARATIVE THEORETICAL STUDY OF SIGNS, SYMBOLS, AND PHRASEOLOGICAL EXPRESSIONS IN THE USA AND UK
Keywords:
semiotics, signs, symbols, phraseology, idioms, American English, British English, linguistic relativity, visual communication, cultural linguisticsAbstract
This article presents a comparative theoretical analysis of signs, symbols, and phraseological expressions in the United States and the United Kingdom. Grounded in semiotic and linguistic theory, the study explores how both visual signs and idiomatic language encode cultural knowledge, reflect social values, and contribute to meaning-making in public and interpersonal communication. Drawing on frameworks from structuralism, socio-pragmatics, and cognitive linguistics, the research reveals how national identities and communicative norms are embedded in both verbal and non-verbal semiotic systems. The study argues that the interplay between linguistic and visual semiotics is essential to understanding the broader cultural semiotic landscape of the Anglosphere.
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