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Using jargon-free language and lively, up-to-date examples, <em>Semiotics: The Basics</em> 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: <strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" href="http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B">www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B</a></strong>
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Semiotics, Daniel Chandler
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- Released
- 2001
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- Title
- Semiotics
- Subtitle
- The Basics
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Daniel Chandler
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Released
- 2001
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 296
- ISBN10
- 0415265940
- ISBN13
- 9780415265942
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art, Philosophy, Psychology, Linguistics, Semiotics
- Description
- Using jargon-free language and lively, up-to-date examples, <em>Semiotics: The Basics</em> 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: <strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" href="http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B">www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B</a></strong>