The field of semiotics seems like a tower of Babel fraught with newly coined words and exotic uses of ordinary words. This compact resource provides an indispensable key to the specialized vocabulary of a growing international community of scholars in literature, cultural studies, philosophy, anthropology, cinema and women's studies. 487 clear, straightforward definitions shed ...(展开全部)

Eco's treatment demonstrates his mastery of the field of semiotics. It focuses on the twin problems of the doctrine of signs—communication and signification—and offers a highly original theory of sign production, including a carefully wrought typology of signs and modes of production.

Eco's treatment demonstrates his mastery of the field of semiotics. It focuses on the twin problems of the doctrine of signs—communication and signification—and offers a highly original theory of sign production, including a carefully wrought typology of signs and modes of production.

M. H. Abrams AKA Meyer Howard Abrams Born: 23-Jul-1912 Birthplace: Long Branch, NJ Gender: Male Religion: Jewish Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Author Nationality: United States Executive summary: The Mirror and the Lamp Military service: Psycho-Acoustics Laboratory, Harvard (WWII, classified research) Wife: Ruth Claire Gaynes (married 62+ yea...(展开全部)

M. H. Abrams AKA Meyer Howard Abrams Born: 23-Jul-1912 Birthplace: Long Branch, NJ Gender: Male Religion: Jewish Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Author Nationality: United States Executive summary: The Mirror and the Lamp Military service: Psycho-Acoustics Laboratory, Harvard (WWII, classified research) Wife: Ruth Claire Gaynes (married 62+ yea...(展开全部)

"Eco wittily and enchantingly develops themes often touched on in his previous works, but he delves deeper into their complex nature... this collection can be read with pleasure by those unversed in semiotic theory." --Times Literary Supplement