A Theory of Semiotics

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Indiana University Press, 1979 - Literary Criticism - 354 pages
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Eco's treatment demonstrates his mastery of the field of semiotics. It focuses on the twin problems of the doctrine of signs-communication and signification-and offers a highly original theory of sign production, including a carefully wrought typology of signs and modes of production.

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Contents

IntroductionToward a Logic of Culture
3
Signification and Communication
32
Theory of Codes
48
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accepted according actual addressee aesthetic approach articulation assume becomes called combinational communication complex concerned connotations considered constitutes continuum convey correlation corresponding cultural unit defined definition denotation devices distinguish elements established example exist experience explain expression fact field function give given human iconic insofar instance interpretation judgments kind labor language linguistic markers matter means mention nature notion object opposition perceptual performed pertinent phenomena physical position possible present problem production properties proposed question ratio received recognized referent relation relationship replica representation represents result rhetorical rules selection semantic semantic fields sememe semiotic sense sentence sign production sign-function sign-vehicle signal signification similar so-called social sort speaking statement structure studied suggests Suppose Table taken theory theory of codes things universe various verbal

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About the author (1979)

Umberto Eco was born in Alessandria, Italy on January 5, 1932. He received a doctorate of philosophy from the University of Turin in 1954. His first book, Il Problema Estetico in San Tommaso, was an extension of his doctoral thesis on St. Thomas Aquinas and was published in 1956. His first novel, The Name of the Rose, was published in 1980 and won the Premio Strega and the Premio Anghiar awards in 1981. In 1986, it was adapted into a movie starring Sean Connery. His other works include Foucault's Pendulum, The Island of the Day Before, Baudolino, The Prague Cemetery, and Numero Zero. He also wrote children's books and more than 20 nonfiction books including Serendipities: Language and Lunacy. He taught philosophy and then semiotics at the University of Bologna. He also wrote weekly columns on popular culture and politics for L'Espresso. He died from cancer on February 19, 2016 at the age of 84.

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TitleA Theory of Semiotics
Volume 217 of Advances in semiotics, ISSN 2692-0409
Volume 217 of Midland book
AuthorsUmberto Eco, Professor of Semiotics Umberto Eco
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherIndiana University Press, 1979
Original fromthe University of California
DigitizedFeb 11, 2008
ISBN0253359554, 9780253359551
Length354 pages
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Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory
  
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