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- Handbook of Semiotics
- Book
- 1990
- Published by: Indiana University Press
- Series: Advances in Semiotics
summary
"This is the most systematic discussion of semiotics yet published." —Choice
"A bravura performance." —Thomas Sebeok
"Nöth's handbook is an outstanding encyclopedia that provides first-rate information on many facets of sign-related studies, research results, and applications." —Social Sciences in General
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. 3-8
- PART I. History and Classics of Modern Semiotics
- History of Semiotics
- pp. 11-38
- PART II. Sign and Meaning
- Meaning, Sense, and Reference
- pp. 92-102
- Semantics and Semiotics
- pp. 103-106
- Typology of Signs: Sign, Signal, Index
- pp. 107-114
- Icon and Iconicity
- pp. 121-127
- Information
- pp. 134-144
- III. Semiosis, Code, and the Semiotic Field
- Zoosemiotics, Ethology, and Semiogenesis
- pp. 147-167
- Communication and Semiosis
- pp. 168-180
- PART IV. Language and Language-Based Codes
- Verbal Communication: Introduction
- pp. 227-228
- Language in a Semiotic Frame
- pp. 229-239
- Paralanguage
- pp. 247-250
- Universal Language
- pp. 267-278
- Sign Language
- pp. 279-286
- Language Substitutes
- pp. 287-292
- PART V. From Structuralism to Text Semiotics: Schools and Major Figures
- Barthes’s Text Semiotics
- pp. 310-313
- Kristeva’s Semanalysis
- pp. 321-324
- PART VI. Text Semiotics: The Field
- Text Semiotics: Introduction
- pp. 329-333
- Hermeneutics and Exegesis
- pp. 334-337
- Rhetoric and Stylistics
- pp. 338-345
- Literature
- pp. 346-353
- Poetry and Poeticalness
- pp. 354-360
- Theater and Drama
- pp. 361-366
- PART VII. Nonverbal Communication
- Nonverbal Communication: Introduction
- pp. 387-391
- Gesture, “Body Language,” and Kinesics
- pp. 392-401
- Facial Signals
- pp. 402-404
- Tactile Communication
- pp. 407-409
- Proxemics: The Semiotics of Space
- pp. 410-414
- Chronemics: The Semiotics of Time
- pp. 415-418
- PART VIII. Aesthetics and Visual Communication
- Aesthetics
- pp. 421-428
- Architecture
- pp. 435-439
- Photography
- pp. 460-462
- Advertising
- pp. 476-480
- Bibliography
- pp. 481-550
- Index of Subjects and Terms
- pp. 551-564
- Index of Names
- pp. 565-576
Additional Information
ISBN
9780253116086
Related ISBN(s)
9780253209597, 9780253341204
MARC Record
OCLC
42854590
Pages
592
Launched on MUSE
2012-02-08
Language
English
Open Access
No