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Original Title: A Theory of Semiotics
ISBN: 0253202175 (ISBN13: 9780253202178)
Edition Language: English
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A Theory of Semiotics Paperback | Pages: 368 pages
Rating: 4.01 | 1155 Users | 43 Reviews

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Title:A Theory of Semiotics
Author:Umberto Eco
Book Format:Paperback
Book Edition:Deluxe Edition
Pages:Pages: 368 pages
Published:February 1st 1978 by Indiana University Press
Categories:Philosophy. Nonfiction. Linguistics. Semiotics. Humanities. Language. Theory

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..". the greatest contribution to [semiotics] since the pioneering work of C. S. Peirce and Charles Morris." --Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

..". draws on philosophy, linguistics, sociology, anthropology and aesthetics and refers to a wide range of scholarship... raises many fascinating questions." --Language in Society

..". a major contribution to the field of semiotic studies." --Robert Scholes, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

..". the most significant text on the subject published in the English language that I know of." --Arthur Asa Berger, Journal of Communication

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.

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Ratings: 4.01 From 1155 Users | 43 Reviews

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Do you need to know the intricacies of every counter- point Eco thinks if in terms of his theories? Hold this book two inches from your face because it demands you abandon the world. The last line is the only useful tidbit

This book makes me feel sooo stupid.

Before there was linguistics, there was semiotics.

Excruciatingly hard to understand [dimmy]

I would strongly recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of language philosophy as the perfect counter point in which to observe what language does do rather than to meditate on how it does it. The other thing that is so refreshing about Eco is just how readable he is at the same time as conveying a great many very difficult concepts: Eco has no need to disguise ideas in murky rhetoric because he is a genuine intellectual who understands a great many complex phenomena.There are of course many

Very good book but a difficult read.

Reading this book is a professional obligation. It is tormenting me. I am simply not convinced by this theory. I have read pages and pages and do not understand what this field is about. I think it is acacemic bullshit. I should get round to reading one of his novels.