Encyclopedia of semiotics
By: Paul Bouissac, editor in chief.
Contributors: Bouissac, Paul.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 702
Subjects: Semiotics -- Encyclopedias
Other titles: Semiotics
Description: Publisher description: Three hundred entries by leading scholars in a variety of fields--from anthropology and literary theory to linguistics and philosophy--survey the study of signs and symbols in human culture. The articles cover key concepts, theories, theorists, schools, and issues in communications, cognition, and cultural theory. From introductions to Barthes and Bakhtin to analyses of gossip and myth, this is a valuable reference for students and scholars.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.