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Interpreting Starbucks’ image-creating and its functions in Chinese
markets: A semiotic perspective
Siyuan Huang
Faculty of Business Administration, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau
ABSTRACT: Starbucks’ phenomenon has been the debatable topic in the academic field. Numerous
scholars from marketing, psychology, anthropology, linguistics, etc. have touched on this issue from their
own perspectives. Yet it is found that few research is conducted on how Starbucks creates its image and
what ontological and social pragmatic functions Starbucks as a sign has from the semiotic perspective.
The present study avails itself of semiotic ...