Most women stabilize any water retention weight within a few months. However, if weight gain is excessive, check with your doctor to make sure hormone and blood sugar levels are normal, as excessive abdominal fat increases the risk of heart disease and high blood pressure.
Semiotics is the study of signs. In language, signs are part of the existing structure that we use to communicate. That structure is called la langue. Each sign is made up of the signifier (the word) and the signified (the concept).
As such, semiotics seems to be an ideal analytical tool to pursue the questions of interest in the present study, to understand the semiosis of the acronym IMF as a reflection of the general psychology of the Korean people struggling to deal with the Asian financial crisis.