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Signs : an introduction to semiotics
- Title
- Signs : an introduction to semiotics / Thomas A. Sebeok.
- Author
- Sebeok, Thomas A. (Thomas Albert), 1920-2001.
- Publication
- Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | P99 .S347 1994 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xvii, 154 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Toronto studies in semiotics
- Uniform Title
- Toronto studies in semiotics
- Subject
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references: p. [129]-147.
- Contents
- Introduction: Thomas A. Sebeok and the Science of Signs -- 1. The Study of Signs. A Biological Approach to the Study of Signs. Messages. The Sign. Signs and 'Reality' -- 2. Six Species of Signs. General Features of Signs. Six Species of Signs. Signal. Symptom. Icon. Index. Symbol. Name. On the Being, Behaving, and Becoming of Signs -- 3. Symptom Signs. The Meaning of Symptom. The Peircean View. Symptoms and the Medical Origins of Semiotics. Interpreting Symptoms -- 4. Indexical Signs. Indexicality. Features of Indexicality. Manifestations of Indexicality. The Study of Indexicality -- 5. Iconic Signs. Iconicity. The Incidence of Iconicity. Features of Iconicity. The Study of Iconicity -- 6. Fetish Signs. The Origin of Fetishism as 'Deviation'. The Fetish in Psychology and Sexology. The Fetish in Semiotics -- 7. Language Signs. The Study of the Verbal Sign. Verbal and Non-verbal Signing -- 8. Language as a Primary Modelling System? Modelling System. Uexkull's Model Revisited. Language as a Modelling System.
- ISBN
- 0802029582
- 9780802029584
- 0802077803
- 9780802077806
- LCCN
- 95105769
- OCLC
- ocm29308033
- 29308033
- SCSB-2087640
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library