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This is a semantic differential study of symbolic potential and saliency in car design. Taking into account both technological and semiotic criteria, there is a surplus value in pickups (skeuomorphic: vernacular dimension). The results of SD analysis confirmed Baudrillard's definition of consumption as activity implying manipulation of signs.

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This page is a summary of: Sports utility semiotics: A semantic differential study of symbolic potential in automobile design, Semiotica, January 2015, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/sem-2015-0044.
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