Semiotics : The Basics Paperback - 2001
by Daniel Chandler
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- Title Semiotics : The Basics
- Author Daniel Chandler
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 296
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Routledge, London, United Kingdom
- Date 2001
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0415265940I4N00
- ISBN 9780415265942 / 0415265940
- Weight 0.72 lbs (0.33 kg)
- Dimensions 7.84 x 5.16 x 0.9 in (19.91 x 13.11 x 2.29 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Semiotics
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001050186
- Dewey Decimal Code 302.2
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Summary
Following the successful Basics format, this is the book for anyone coming to semiotics for the first time. Using jargon-free language and lively, up-to-date examples, Semiotics: The Basics demystifies this highly interdisciplinary subject. Along the way, the reader will find out:* what is a sign?* which codes do we take for granted?* what is a text?* how can semiotics be used in textual analysis?* who were Saussure, Peirce, Barthes and Jakobson - and why are they important?Features include a glossary of key terms and realistic suggestions for further reading. There is also a highly-developed and long-established online version of the book at: www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B
First line
We seem as a species to be driven by a desire to make meanings: above all, we are surely Homo significants - meaning-makers.