Items related to The Forms of Meaning: Modeling Systems Theory and Semiotic...

The Forms of Meaning: Modeling Systems Theory and Semiotic Analysis (Approaches to Semiotics): 1 (Approaches to Applied Semiotics [AAS], 1) - Hardcover

Sebeok, Thomas Albert; Danesi, Marcel

 
9783110167511: The Forms of Meaning: Modeling Systems Theory and Semiotic Analysis (Approaches to Semiotics): 1 (Approaches to Applied Semiotics [AAS], 1)

Synopsis

No detailed description available for "The Forms of Meaning".

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Synopsis

The making of models to encode knowledge is an intrinsic feature of human cognitive life. Signs, texts, codes, and various other representational forms are the direct outcomes of innate model-making systems. This book presents a methodological framework, developed from the field of biosemiotics, for studying semiotic phenomena as modeling processes. It presents a descriptive system for uniting semiotics and biology so that the "modeling instinct" can be studied in terms of its manifestations in various species. The book is written in an accessible textbook style, and can thus be used as a manual by both professional semioticians and students taking courses in semiotics, biology, and the communication sciences. It is composed in such a way that a broad readership can appreciate the fascinating research going on in a relatively unknown area of interdisciplinary study.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.