284 Pages
by
Routledge
284 Pages
by
Routledge
283 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1982, this book looks at a wide variety of issues concerning the vast field of study that is ‘semiotics. It begins by tracing the beginnings of modern semiotics in the works two pioneering figures — Saussure and Peirce — in order to present fundamental assumptions, notions and distinctions which provide an essential background to the more recent developments. The author then... Read more
Introduction; 1 A Background to Semiotics: Saussure and Peirce 2 Semiotics as a Behavioural Theory: Charles Morris 3 Semiotics as a Theory of "l’Acte Sémique": Luis Prieto 4 Semiotics as a Theory of "Speech Acts": Austin and Searle 5 Semiology as an Ideology of Socio-Cultural Signification: Roland Barthes 6 Semiology as a Theory of Semiological Systems and of Indices: Functionalism 7 An Integrated Theory of Semiotics: Axiomatic Functionalism 8 Semiotics as a Stylistic Theory: Bureau and Riffaterre 9 Semiotics of the Cinema: Chrisitan Metz 10 Zoo-Semiotics; References; Index
Biography
Sándor Hervey
