Signs : an introduction to semiotics /
"From the simplest hand gesture to the most complex diagram or chart, the sign is the key to the communication of ideas. In this book, Thomas A. Sebeok examines, how the sign mediates between bodily experience and abstract thought. Semiosis is the instinctive capacity of all organisms to produc...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
2001
Toronto ; Buffalo : 2001 |
| Edition: | 2nd ed |
| Series: | Toronto studies in semiotics and communication
Toronto studies in semiotics and communication |
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword: Thomas A. Sebeok and Semiotics / Marcel Danesi
- 1. Basic Notions. The Object of Semiotics. Defining the Sign. Structural Properties. Semiosis and Representation. Types of Signs. Nonverbal Communication
- 2. The Study of Signs. A Biological Approach to the Study of Signs. Messages. The Sign. Signs and 'Reality'
- 3. Six Species of Signs. General Features of Signs. Six Species of Signs. Signal. Symptom. Icon. Index. Symbol. Name. On the Being, Behaving, and Becoming of Signs
- 4. Symptom Signs. The Meaning of Symptom. The Peircean View. Symptoms and the Medical Origin of Semiotics. Interpreting Symptoms
- 5. Indexical Signs. Indexicality. Features of Indexicality. Manifestations of Indexicality. The Study of Indexicality
- 6. Iconic Signs. Iconicity. The Incidence of Iconicity. Features of Iconicity. The Study of Iconicity
- 7. Fetish Signs. The Origin of Fetishism as 'Deviation'. The Fetish in Psychology and Sexology. The Fetish in Semiotics
- 8. Language Signs. The Study of the Verbal Sign. Verbal and Nonverbal Signing
- 9. Language as a Primary Modelling System? Modelling System. Uexkull's Model Revisited. Language as a Modelling System. Concluding Remarks
- Foreword: Thomas A. Sebeok and Semiotics / Marcel Danesi
- 1 Basic Notions
- The Object of Semiotics
- Defining the Sign
- Structural Properties
- Semiosis and Representation
- Types of Signs
- Nonverbal Communication
- 2. The Study of Signs
- A Biological Approach to the Study of Signs
- Messages
- The Sign
- Signs and 'Reality'
- 3. Six Species of Signs
- General Features of Signs
- Six Species of Signs
- Signal
- Symptom
- Icon
- Index
- Symbol
- Name
- On the Being, Behaving, and Becoming of Signs
- 4. Symptom Signs
- The Meaning of Symptom
- The Peircean View
- Symptoms and the Medical Origin of Semiotics
- Interpreting Symptoms
- 5. Indexical Signs
- Indexicality
- Features of Indexicality
- Manifestations of Indexicality
- The Study of Indexicality
- 6. Iconic Signs
- Iconicity
- The Incidence of Iconicity
- Features of Iconicity
- The Study of Iconicity
- 7. Fetish Signs
- The Origin of Fetishism as 'Deviation'
- The Fetish in Psychology and Sexology
- The Fetish in Semiotics
- 8. Language Signs
- The Study of the Verbal Sign
- Verbal and Nonverbal Signing
- 9. Language as a Primary Modelling System?
- Modelling System
- Uexkull's Model Revisited
- Language as a Modelling System
- Concluding Remarks.
- Foreword: Thomas A. Sebeok and Semiotics / Marcel Danesi
- 1 Basic Notions. The Object of Semiotics. Defining the Sign. Structural Properties. Semiosis and Representation. Types of Signs. Nonverbal Communication
- 2. The Study of Signs. A Biological Approach to the Study of Signs. Messages. The Sign. Signs and 'Reality'
- 3. Six Species of Signs. General Features of Signs. Six Species of Signs. Signal. Symptom. Icon. Index. Symbol. Name. On the Being, Behaving, and Becoming of Signs
- 4. Symptom Signs. The Meaning of Symptom. The Peircean View. Symptoms and the Medical Origin of Semiotics. Interpreting Symptoms
- 5. Indexical Signs. Indexicality. Features of Indexicality. Manifestations of Indexicality. The Study of Indexicality
- 6. Iconic Signs. Iconicity. The Incidence of Iconicity. Features of Iconicity. The Study of Iconicity
- 7. Fetish Signs. The Origin of Fetishism as 'Deviation'. The Fetish in Psychology and Sexology.
- The Fetish in Semiotics
- 8 Language Signs. The Study of the Verbal Sign. Verbal and Nonverbal Signing
- 9. Language as a Primary Modelling System? Modelling System. Uexkull's Model Revisited. Language as a Modelling System. Concluding Remarks.