Semiotics : the basics / Daniel Chandler.

By:

Chandler, Daniel [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2002Description: xviii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0415265932
9780415265935
0415265940
9780415265942

Subject(s):

Semiotics

DDC classification:

302.2 21

LOC classification:

P99 .C463 2002

Contents:

1. Models of the sign -- 2. Signs and things -- 3. Analysing structures -- 4. Challenging the literal -- 5. Codes -- 6. Textual interactions -- 7. Limitations and strengths.

Summary: "Following the successful Basics format, this is the book for anyone coming to semiotics for the first time. 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 a sign and a text are, what codes we take for granted, how semiotics can be used in textual analysis and who Saussure, Peirce, Barthes and Jakobson are and why they are important. Features include a glossary of key terms and realistic suggestions for further reading. This book also has a highly-developed and long-established online version of the book at: www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B."--Publisher description.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-260) and index.

1. Models of the sign -- 2. Signs and things -- 3. Analysing structures -- 4. Challenging the literal -- 5. Codes -- 6. Textual interactions -- 7. Limitations and strengths.

"Following the successful Basics format, this is the book for anyone coming to semiotics for the first time. 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 a sign and a text are, what codes we take for granted, how semiotics can be used in textual analysis and who Saussure, Peirce, Barthes and Jakobson are and why they are important. Features include a glossary of key terms and realistic suggestions for further reading. This book also has a highly-developed and long-established online version of the book at: www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B."--Publisher description.

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