Advances in Semiotics – serie
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Role of the Reader
Explorations in the Semiotics of Texts
Av Umberto Eco
Häftad, 1979
297 kr
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" . . . not merely interesting and novel, but also exceedingly provocative and heuristically fertile." —The Review of Metaphysics" . . . essential reading for anyone interesting in . . . the new reader-centered forms of criticism." —Library JournalIn this erudite and imaginative book, Umberto Eco …
Semiotics of Theater
Inbunden, 1992
476 kr
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"The most thorough, systematic and convincing semiotics of the theater we have. . . . [L]ike those of Eco, it is an important conceptual synthesis, and a bibliographical gold mine." —Modern Language Notes" . . . impresses with its thoroughness and the informed perspective of its author . . . " …
Semiotics and the Philosophy of Language
Av Umberto Eco
Häftad, 1986
386 kr
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"Eco wittily and enchantingly develops themes often touched on in his previous works, but he delves deeper into their complex nature . . . this collection can be read with pleasure by those unversed in semiotic theory." —Times Literary Supplement
Limits of Interpretation
Av Umberto Eco
Häftad, 1991
433 kr
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"Eco's essays read like letters from a friend, trying to share something he loves with someone he likes. . . . Read this brilliant, enjoyable, and possibly revolutionary book." —George J. Leonard, San Francisco Review of Books" . . . a wealth of insight and instruction." —J. O. Tate, National …
Novantiqua
Rhetorics As a Contemporary Theory
Inbunden, 1980
465 kr
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"This is an important book: original, erudite, useful and ambitious." —Quarterly Journal of Speech"A remarkable book . . . sure to be of lasting interest . . . to be reckoned with by all rhetorical theorists." —ChoiceThis is the first contemporary attempt at a holistic theory of rhetoric, well …
Semiotics
An Introductory Anthology
Häftad, 1985
335 kr
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" . . . fifteen texts which are essential reading for anyone interested in semiotics . . . This collection will surely become a standard text for those who teach semiotics, aesthetics or philosophy of language." —International Philosophical QuarterlyThis volume presents the classic statements in …
Sign of Three
Dupin, Holmes, Peirce
Av Umberto Eco, Thomas A. Sebeok
Häftad, 1988
302 kr
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" . . . fascinating throughout. . . . the book is recreative in the highest sense." —Arthur C. Danto, The New Republic"A gem for Holmes fans and armchair detectives with a penchant for logical reflection, and Peirce scholars." —Library Journal
Meaning and Mental Representations
Av Umberto Eco, Marco Santambrogio m. fl.
Häftad, 1988
220 kr
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" . . . an excellent collection . . . " —Journal of Language & Social PsychologyAn important collection of original essays by well-known scholars debating the questions of logical versus psychologically-based interpretations of language.
Analyzing Cultures
An Introduction and Handbook
Häftad, 1999
291 kr
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Designed for classroom use in a number of disciplines, this comprehensive introduction to cultural semiotics is also an easy-to-use reference for those who would like a better understanding of the topic. No other text provides this kind of practical framework for the classroom study of semiotics. …
Gesture in Naples and Gesture in Classical Antiquity
A Translation of Andrea De Jorio's La Mimica Degli Antichi Investigata Nel Gestire Napoletano
Av Andrea de Jorio, Adam Kendon
Häftad, 2001
314 kr
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"I had heard about this book for years. The person who put the word out, at least in lay circles, was probably Luigi Barzini, in The Italians (1964). Praising his countrymen's gift for talking with their hands, Barzini lamented that so little had been written on this subject. To his knowledge, only …
Semiotic Theory of Language
Inbunden, 1987
417 kr
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" . . . one of the most significant books in the field of theoretical linguistics . . . will become a classic . . . " —Adam Makkai, University of Illinois at Chicago CircleTaking issue with Transformational Grammar Theory, Shaumyan separates language from psychology, arguing that language occupies …
Semiotics of French Gestures
Inbunden, 1990
743 kr
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Everyone gestures while speaking, in a specific and generally unconscious manner. What are the functions of gestures? What relationship do they have to speech? How do gestures work to create meaning? In this valuable book, Geneviève Calbris undertakes to answer those questions. Based on the …
Semiotics of Performance
Inbunden, 1993
651 kr
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"The book . . . succeeds at refining elements in the problem that semiotics and theater represent to and for one another." —Choice"The Semiotics of Performance surprisingly retains its revelatory freshness, and actually opens up areas of reseach that could very well supply new incentives for …
Signs in Society
Studies in Semiotic Anthropology
Inbunden, 1994
632 kr
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Richard Parmentier takes up Ferdinand de Saussure's challenge to study the "life of signs in society" by using semiotic tools proposed by Charles Sanders Peirce. He studies how semiotic theory can illuminate highly complex social and cultural practices.
Language, Status, and Power in Iran
Inbunden, 1986
405 kr
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" . . . excellent example . . . significant contribution . . . an important interdisciplinary work . . . " —Middle East Journal" . . . an important contribution to aspects of Iranian social communication and interpersonal verbal behavior." —LanguageBy showing the reader the intricacies of …
Signs of Meaning in the Universe
Inbunden, 1997
305 kr
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From reviews for the bestselling Danish edition:" . . . dashing and idiomatic language that is a pleasure to read." —Berlingske Tidende" . . . an appetizer and eye opener . . . Hoffmeyer is a modernistic pioneer in the wide open spaces of the natural sciences . . . " —Politiken" . . . extremely …
Theories of the Sign in Classical Antiquity
Inbunden, 1993
405 kr
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"It's the first book which revisits Greek and Latin theories of signs from the point of view of a profound classical scholarship and a paramount knowledge of contemporary semiotics debates." —Umberto EcoAvailable in English for the first time is Professor Manetti's brilliant study of the origin of …
Charles S. Peirce's Philosophy of Signs
Essays in Comparative Semiotics
Inbunden, 2001
462 kr
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[Note: Picture of Peirce available]Charles S. Peirce's Philosophy of SignsEssays in Comparative SemioticsGérard DeledallePeirce's semiotics and metaphysics compared to the thought of other leading philosophers. "This is essential reading for anyone who wants to find common ground between the best …
Sonic Self
Musical Subjectivity and Signification
Inbunden, 2001
462 kr
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"Semioticians began by looking at literature but have gradually applied their techniques to other disciplines, including music. The late Naomi Cumming . . . based this consideration of the sources of musical expression on her experiences as a performer—with interesting, if rarely surprising, …
Metaphor Reexamined
A Non-Aristotelian Perspective
Inbunden, 1985
476 kr
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Breaking away from the traditional "neo-Aristotelian" view of metaphor, Liselotte Gumpel's ambitious study offers a new, "non-Aristotelian" approach based on the phenomenological semantics of Roman Ingarden and the semiotics of Charles S. Peirce. The author seeks to grasp the meaning of metaphor …
Global Semiotics
Inbunden, 2001
534 kr
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The study of semiotics underwent a gradual but radical paradigm shift during the past century, from a glottocentric (language-centered) enterprise to one that encompasses the whole terrestrial biosphere. In this collection of 17 essays, Thomas A. Sebeok, one of the seminal thinkers in the field, …
Semiotics of Visual Language
Inbunden, 1990
476 kr
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" . . . the details of Saint-Martin's argument contain a wealth of penetrating observations from which anyone with a serious interest in visual communication will profit." —Journal of CommunicationSaint-Martin elucidates a syntax of visual language that sheds new light on nonverbal language as a …
Theory of Musical Semiotics
Av Eero Tarasti
Inbunden, 1994
476 kr
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"Since [Tarasti's] is unquestionably the most fully developed narrative theory in the literature, this book is an important landmark . . . " —Music & LettersEero Tarasti advances a semiotic theory of music based on information provided by the history of Western music and by various sign theories. A …
