A study about Accounting Publications from a Semiotic Focus

This paper was aimed at analyzing the contributions of semiotics teaching in Accounting. The actual development of semiotics as a modern science, which focuses on any language form, was only acknowledged between the 18th and 19thcenturies. Since then, several authors have studied this theme, using s...

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Main Authors: Marcos Antonio de Souza, Carlos Alberto Diehl, Fernando Batista Fontana, Clea Beatriz Macagnan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Conselho Federal de Contabilidade (CFC) 2013-03-01
Series:Revista de Educação e Pesquisa em Contabilidade
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Online Access:http://www.repec.org.br/index.php/repec/article/view/257/696
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Summary:This paper was aimed at analyzing the contributions of semiotics teaching in Accounting. The actual development of semiotics as a modern science, which focuses on any language form, was only acknowledged between the 18th and 19thcenturies. Since then, several authors have studied this theme, using semiotics as an instrument to analyze other sciences. Many authors classify Accounting, considered a science, as a language. Hence, it can be analyzed based on the premises of semiotics. In this study, bibliographic research and content analysis are used, the latter applied to the papers published about the theme in the following congresses: Associação Brasileira de Custo, USP de Controladoria e Contabilidade and Encontros da ANPAD. In addition, a search was undertaken in 22 international scientific Accounting journals. In conclusion, few theoretical contributions have been published in Brazilian congresses and in international scientific journals, but mainly practical contributions about the use of semiotics in Accounting.
ISSN:1981-8610