A semiotic approach on the scientific dissemination

Abstract

In this work, we propose to discuss the notion of genre from a semiotic point of view, based on the study of the Actes Semiotiques (AS) journal, whose history is linked to the emergence of discursive semiotics in France. Our objective is to examine how this journal shapes the genre and the practice of scientific dissemination in the light of discursive and textual analysis criteria proposed by J. Fontanille for the study of the genre. Considering that scientific dissemination, as proposed by S. Grillo, is done through syncretic genres and, therefore, is formed by the link between verbal and nonverbal in the content plane and expression plane, we find in AS all the elements that characterize scientific dissemination (verbal textuality, diagramming, illustration, etc.). The AS's case is exemplary of how the Internet as a support of scientific journals allows the construction of an enunciatee that not only reads, but practices the scientific activity: researches, crosses data and indexes authors and themes.