A SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS ON THE LOGOS OF THE SELECTED ISLAMIC BOARDING SCHOOLS AT PESANTREN NURUL JADID IN PROBOLINGGO

Abstract

This thesis investigates the logos on the Islamic boarding schools at pesantren Nurul Jadid in Probolinggo. The logos on the Islamic boarding schools at pesantren Nurul Jadid in Probolinggo as texts can be analyzed by applying the theory of semiotics. This study describes how the theory of semiotics shows the intended meanings and messages inside the logos on the Islamic boarding schools. It explores the levels of meaning as well as the denotative meaning (denotation sense) and the connotative meaning (connotative sense). Then, the thesis employs library research in order to get the data and information about matter of discussion which is obtained from books, dictionary, and internet. The data in this thesis are in the form of qualitative data that have been collected by doing observation and the method of documentary study. The analysis of this study exposes that the logos on the Islamic boarding schools are able to be investigated by using the theory of semiotics to get the intended meanings and messages inside the logos. Finally, this thesis explains the interpretation of the logos on the Islamic boarding schools at pesantren Nurul Jadid in Probolinggo from the levels of meaning that are applicable to the theory of semiotics