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Paul Cobley

Introducing Semiotics

“Introducing Semiotics” outlines the development of sign study from its classical precursors to contemporary post-structuralism. Through Paul Cobley's incisive text and Litza Jansz's brilliant illustrations, it identifies the key semioticians and their work and explains the simple concepts behind difficult terms. For anybody who wishes to know why signs are crucial to human existence and how we can begin to study systems of signification, this book is the place to start.
281 printed pages
Copyright owner
Bookwire
Original publication
2014
Publication year
2014
Publisher
Icon Books
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Quotes

  • Alicia Reyes Morenohas quoted3 years ago
    One of the most notable debates on signs in the Ancient world took place between the Stoics and the Epicureans (around 300 BCE in Athens).
    The crux of the matter concerned the difference between “natural signs” (freely occurring throughout nature) and “conventional” signs (those designed precisely for the purpose of communication).
  • Nastia Kdhas quoted6 years ago
    difference between “natural signs” (freely occurring throughout nature) and “conventional” signs (those designed precisely for the purpose of communication).
  • Nastia Kdhas quoted6 years ago
    Semiotics as a discipline is simply the analysis of signs or the study of the functioning of sign systems.

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