Basics of Semiotics

Deely, John

ISBN 10: 1587310619 / ISBN 13: 9781587310614

Published by St. Augustines Press, 2004

Seller Inventory # 2369686-n

Synopsis:

The last half century has produced an increasing interest in semiotics, the study of signs. As an interdisciplinary field, moreover, semiotics has produced a vast literature from many different points of view. As the discourse has expanded, clear definitions and goals become more elusive. Semioticians still lack a unified theory of the purposes of semiotics as a discipline as well as a comprehensive rationale for the4 linking of semiosis at the levels of culture, society, and nature. As Deely suggests in his preface, the image of the modern semiotic universe is the same as that of astronomy in 1611 as suggested by John Donne: "Tis all in pieces, all coherence gone; / All just supply, and all Relation."

This short, cogent, philosophically oriented book outlines and analyzes the basic concepts of semiotics in a coherent, overall framework.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Basics of Semiotics
Publisher: St. Augustines Press
Publication Date: 2004
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New