Semiotics

The unvarying essential meanings of around 1,000 symbols and symbolic themes commonly found in the art, literature and thought of all cultures through the ages are clarified...

The unvarying essential meanings of around 1,000 symbols and symbolic themes commonly found in the art, literature and thought of all cultures through the ages are clarified...

First published in 1977, this book presents a comprehensive and lucid guide through the labyrinths of semiology and structuralism. The authors consider the early presuppositions of structuralism and semiology, and how they were challenged by later work, and how they have impacted on theories of lang..

Gunther Kress, one of the founders of social semiotics and multimodality, has made lasting contributions to these fields through his work in semiotics and meaning-making; power and identity; agency, design, production; pedagogy and learning; and sites of transformation. This book brings together lea..

Gunther Kress, one of the founders of social semiotics and multimodality, has made lasting contributions to these fields through his work in semiotics and meaning-making; power and identity; agency, design, production; pedagogy and learning; and sites of transformation. This book brings together lea..

Based on extensive and diverse material from 70 languages, and covering a range of previously undiscussed problems, the book provides a thorough analysis of how nominalization types interact with other structural features...

First published in 1987, this book is an attempt to re-establish semiotic on the basis of principles consistent with its past history, rather than the ‘cultural semiotics’ of the European tradition, and especially with the guiding ideas of Peirce and Morris. The book is divided into two parts, with ..

First published in 1992, this book brings analytic philosophy to bear on issues of Continental philosophy, with attention to linguistics, semiology, and semiotics. Instead of regarding meanings as guaranteed by definitions, the author argues that linguistic expressions are schemata directing us towa..

First published in 1982, this book looks at a wide variety of issues concerning the vast field of study that is ‘semiotics. It begins by tracing the beginnings of modern semiotics in the works two pioneering figures — Saussure and Peirce. The author then goes on to look at Behavioural Semiotics, Lui..

The third edition of this bestselling textbook has been fully updated. In response to popular requests, this edition has more than double the number of illustrations and includes study suggestions at the end of each chapter. Using jargon-free language and lively up-to-date examples, Semiotics: the B..

The third edition of this bestselling textbook has been fully updated. In response to popular requests, this edition has more than double the number of illustrations and includes study suggestions at the end of each chapter. Using jargon-free language and lively up-to-date examples, Semiotics: the B..

In 1961, M.A.K. Halliday published a seminal paper, outlining his model of systemic functional linguistics. His work has been hugely influential in linguistics and beyond. This is a collection of interviews with the generation of social semioticians who have taken Halliday’s concept of social semiot..