Current Perspectives in Semiotics: Signs, Signification, and Communication, Volume 1

ISBN-13: 9783631744307 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 262 str.

Artur Galkowski; Monika Weronika Kopytowska

Opis

The book presents current semiotic perspectives on the nature and function of signs, signification, communication. Offering an overview of various theoretical traditions and methodological frameworks, it explores the dynamic nature of the meaning-making process and provides insight into the complex interface between language, cognition, culture.

Spis treści

Overview of main theories and current developments in semiotics - Examination of the structure and functioning of signs in contemporary semiosphere - Interface of language, cognition, and culture - Various aspects of signification and communication

O autorze

Artur Galkowski is Associate Professor of Italian and French linguistics at the University of Lódz, Poland, where he is the Head of the Department of Italian Studies at the Institute of Romance Philology. His research interests cover various issues in onomastics, semiotics, foreign language teaching, and translation, on which he has published numerous articles, edited volumes, monographs, and book chapters.

Monika Kopytowska is Assistant Professor in the Department of Pragmatics at the University of Lódz, Poland. Her research interests revolve around the interface of language and cognition, identity, and the pragma-rhetorical aspects of the mass-mediated representation of religion, ethnicity, and conflict. She has published internationally in linguistic journals and volumes.