Signs in Use : An Introduction to Semiotics

ISBN-13: 9780415262040 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 256 str.

Jorgen Dines Johansen; J. Johansen;Johansen Jrgen

Opis

Signs in Use is an accessible introduction to the study of semiotics. All organisms, from bees to computer networks, create signs, communicate and exchange information. The field of semiotics explores the ways in which we use these signs to make inferences about the nature of the world.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 2 Code and structure; Chapter 3 3 Signs; Chapter 4 4 Discourse analysis; Chapter 5 5 Action; Chapter 6 6 Text; Chapter 7 7 Nature and cultureGlossary; Biographies; Bibliography; Index;

O autorze

Jørgen Dines Johansen is Professor of Comparative Literature at Southern Danish University, Odense. Svend Erik Larsen is Professor of Comparative Literature at Aarhus University, Denmark.