<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Sport constitutes an increasingly popular language of discourse in modern societies, providing a (formal) system of signs, which is easily used by, among others, businesses, media, public persons, and, particularly willingly, politicians. Thus, sport as a system of meanings can transfer any values, being at the same time a pragmatic way of arguing in the practice of social life. An example we analyze, are the events that took place after Poland (and Ukraine) had been chosen to be host countries of UEFA EURO 2012™, as well as those which took place during the tournament itself. In these analyses, we use the concept of semiotics and, in particular, pragmatism as well as Charles Sanders Peirce’s triadic sign relation.</p></abstract>

Sport constitutes an increasingly popular language of discourse in modern societies, providing a (formal) system of signs, which is easily used by, among others, businesses, media, public persons, and, particularly willingly, politicians. Thus, sport as a system of meanings can transfer any values, being at the same time a pragmatic way of arguing in the practice of social life. An example we analyze, are the events that took place after Poland (and Ukraine) had been chosen to be host countries of UEFA EURO 2012™, as well as those which took place during the tournament itself. In these analyses, we use the concept of semiotics and, in particular, pragmatism as well as Charles Sanders Peirce’s triadic sign relation.

UEFA EURO 2012™ in the Polish Sociopolitical Narration

University School of Physical Education in Wrocław, Poland

Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research

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Sport constitutes an increasingly popular language of discourse in modern societies, providing a (formal) system of signs, which is easily used by, among...

UEFA EURO 2012™ in the Polish Sociopolitical Narration

Published Online: Dec 05, 2015

Page range: 14 - 22

Received: Apr 23, 2015

Accepted: Jun 28, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pcssr-2015-0025

Keywords
UEFA EURO 2012, sport, values, semiotics, Peirce

© 2015 Tomasz Michaluk et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

UEFA EURO 2012™ in the Polish Sociopolitical Narration

Published Online: Dec 05, 2015

Page range: 14 - 22

Received: Apr 23, 2015

Accepted: Jun 28, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pcssr-2015-0025

KeywordsUEFA EURO 2012, sport, values, semiotics, Peirce

© 2015 Tomasz Michaluk et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
UEFA EURO 2012, sport, values, semiotics, Peirce