The study of semiotics underwent a gradual but radical paradigm shift during the past century, from a glottocentric (language-centered) enterprise to one that encompasses the whole terrestrial biosphere. In this collection of 17 essays, Thomas A. Sebeok, one of the seminal thinkers in the field, shows how this progression took place. His wide-ranging discussion of the evolution of the field covers many facets, including discussions of biosemiotics, semiotics as a bridge between the humanities and natural sciences, semiosis, nonverbal communication, cat and horse behavior, the semiotic self, and women in semiotics. This thorough account will appeal to seasoned scholars and neophytes alike.
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"Linguist, anthropologist, semiotician, and author/editor of hundreds of articles and books on a wide range of topics, Sebeok (emer., Indian Univ.) here offers 17 chapters dealing with the worldwide emergence and development of modern semiotics. The chapter topics range from global semiotics and the evolution of semiotics to nonverbal communication and women in semiotics; the author ends with three short chapters that strike out in new directions: Estonian Connection, My 'Short Happy Life' in Finno—Ugric Studies, and Uralic Studies and English for Hungarians at Indiana University, A Personal View. This comprehensive and scholarly work is complete with 14 pages of detailed notes and a thorough 30-page reference section. The study will be of use and value to those beginning a serious study of semiotics at the graduate level and to seasoned scholars." —W. B. Warde, Jr., University of North Texas, Choice, March 2002
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Thomas A. Sebeok is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Semiotics and Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Folklore, and Uralic and Altaic Studies at Indiana University. An Honorary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, he is also Distinguished Senior Fellow Emeritus of the Institute for Advanced Study (Collegium Budapest), a recipient of the Distinguished Service Award of the American Anthropological Association, and holder of a Professional Achievement Citation from the University of Chicago. He is author or editor of hundreds of books and articles on a wide range of topics. Among his numerous semiotics publications are The Play of Musement, A Sign is Just a Sign, and The Sign of Three (with Umberto Eco).
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This is a very disapponting book. It has to unifying theme, unless Semiotics is given that role. In fact, it is not a book, and doesn't read like a book. It is a disparate collection of variable level of interest, going from no interest at all, to moderately interesting. It is, to a large extent, nothing but a waste of time. My interest in semiotics as a field of intellectual endeavour wasn't sufficient to carry me through the entire thing.
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WHEN THE PLAYER who enacted Prospero in 1611 (or thereabouts) famously recited the expression "the great globe itself" in The Tempest (act 4, scene 1), his audience was aware that the subject of Shakespeare's phrase was at least doubly denotative: planetary in its habitual, most sweeping sense, but insularly provincial in the context of that London production, pointing to the famous polygonal edifice on the south bank of the Thames that Shakespeare called the "Wooden O," wherein that actual performance was taking place: the Globe. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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WHEN THE PLAYER who enacted Prospero in 1611 (or thereabouts) famously recited the expression "the great globe itself" in The Tempest (act 4, scene 1), his audience was aware that the subject of Shakespeare's phrase was at least doubly denotative: planetary in its habitual, most sweeping sense, but insularly provincial in the context of that London production, pointing to the famous polygonal edifice on the south bank of the Thames that Shakespeare called the "Wooden O," wherein that actual performance was taking place: the Globe. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Indiana University, New York, United States, Charles Morris, Clever Hans, World War, Sherlock Holmes, Giorgio Prodi, John Lotz, Roman Jakobson, Soviet Union, University of Tartu, Book of Nature, Ernst Cassirer, Heini Hediger, Teilhard de Chardin, University of Chicago, University of Hamburg, Hippisley Coxe, Paul Ariste, University of Toronto, Victoria Welby, Yuri Lotman, After Darwin, Ann Shukman New!
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- Encyclopedic Dictionary of Semiotics (Approaches to Semiotics) by Thomas A. Sebeok on 6 pages
- Semiotics in the United States (Advances in Semiotics) by Thomas A. Sebeok on 5 pages
- The Cybernetics Group by Steve Joshua Heims on page 63, page 149, and Back Matter
- Signifying Animals (One World Archaeology) by Roy Willis in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Philosophical Investigations (3rd Edition) by Ludwig Wittgenstein in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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