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Introducing semiotics / Paul Cobley & Litza Jansz.

By: Cobley, Paul, 1963- [author.].
Contributor(s): Jansz, Litza, 1958- [illustrator.].
Series: Introducing (Thriplow, England): Publisher: London : Icon Books Ltd, [2012]Description: 1 online resource (296 pages) : illustrations (some color).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781848318786; 1848318782.Other title: Introducing semiotics : a graphic guide [Cover title] | Semiotics.Subject(s): Semiotics | Semiotics -- Caricatures and cartoonsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Introducing semiotics.DDC classification: 302.2 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; The Pre-History of Semiotics; Saussure and Semiology; Structuralism; Semiotic Solutions; Social Semiotics; The Present; Limiting Semiosis; Roman Jakobson, the Prague School and Beyond; Soviet Semiotics; American Semiotics; Post-structuralism; Structure and Mythemes; The Structure of Myth; Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914); Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913); Further Reading; About the Author; Index
Summary: Outlines the development of sign study from its classical precursors to contemporary post-structuralism. This title identifies the key semioticians and their work and explains the simple concepts behind difficult terms. It is suitable for those who wish to know why signs are crucial to human existence.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 16, 2015).

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; The Pre-History of Semiotics; Saussure and Semiology; Structuralism; Semiotic Solutions; Social Semiotics; The Present; Limiting Semiosis; Roman Jakobson, the Prague School and Beyond; Soviet Semiotics; American Semiotics; Post-structuralism; Structure and Mythemes; The Structure of Myth; Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914); Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913); Further Reading; About the Author; Index

Outlines the development of sign study from its classical precursors to contemporary post-structuralism. This title identifies the key semioticians and their work and explains the simple concepts behind difficult terms. It is suitable for those who wish to know why signs are crucial to human existence.

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