Using jargon-free language and lively, up-to-date examples, Semiotics: The Basics demystifies this highly interdisciplinary subject. Along the way, the reader will find out:
* What is a sign?
* Which codes do we take for granted?
* What is a text?
* How can semiotics be used in textual analysis?
* Who were Saussure, Peirce, Barthes and Jakobson - and why are they important?
Features include a glossary of key terms and realistic suggestions for further reading. There is also a highly-developed and long-established online version of the book at: www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B.
| ISBN: | 9780415351119 |
| Publication date: | 24th June 2004 |
| Author: | Daniel Chandler |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor and Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 273 pages |
| Series: | The Basics |
| Genres: |
Linguistics |
Using jargon-free language and lively, up-to-date examples, Semiotics: The Basics demystifies this highly interdisciplinary subject. Along the way, the reader will find out:* What is a sign?* Which codes do we take for granted?* What is a text?* How can semiotics be used in textual analysis?* Who were Saussure, Peirce, Barthes and Jakobson - and why are they important?Features include a glossary of key terms and realistic suggestions for further reading.
Semiotics features in the following genres: Linguistics
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Semiotics was written by Daniel Chandler and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor and Francis
Semiotics has 273 pages
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