Paris School Semiotics Volume I: Theory

It has often been claimed that the aim of semiotics is to establish a general theory of systems of signification. However, as Jean-Claude Coquet notes in a recent collection of essays, what distinguishes one school of semiotics from another is the initial definition given of sign. If, for certain se...

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Main Authors Perron, Paul, Collins, Frank
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam John Benjamins Publishing Company 1989
Edition1
Subjects
1743-1826
Case studies
Congresses
Democracy
Human rights
Jefferson, Thomas
Political and social views
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Summary:It has often been claimed that the aim of semiotics is to establish a general theory of systems of signification. However, as Jean-Claude Coquet notes in a recent collection of essays, what distinguishes one school of semiotics from another is the initial definition given of sign. If, for certain semioticians, the sign is first of all an observable phenomenon, for the Paris School it is first of all a construct and this point of departure has crucial theoretical and practical consequences. The essays appearing in these two volumes are representative of recent work carried out by members of this semiotic school. Essays in Volume I study problems more closely related to theoretical issues, while Volume II focuses more specifically on various fields of application.
ISBN:9027219427
9789027219428