Arrows can be dangerous

Monk, John (2013). Arrows can be dangerous. tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique, 11(1) pp. 67–92.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31269/triplec.v11i1.337

Abstract

Arrow signs find use in professional fields are a part of everyday practices exercised in public places. Both the geographical and cultural settings affect a signs utility; the focus here is on arrows in England and its North American colonies and in particular English uses of the broad arrowhead as a symbol for regal property and as a mark on convict's clothes. A semiotic analysis using Jakobson's functional categories shows that practices that incorporate signs are not unde the control of the sign maker and the geographical and historical context can change a signs use and can occasionally render an acceptable sign into one that provokes anger and bring ignominy. Such negative effects draw attention to the ethical dimension of sign

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