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This book provides a full linguistic analysis of the role of silence in language, exploring perspectives from semantics, semiotics,... Læs mere
This book offers an in-depth, cross-cultural and transdisciplinary discussion of the translatability of social emotions.
This book opens readers’ eyes to something they see all the time but take for granted: street signs. It is a portrait of the signs on modern English streets: what... Læs mere
The ideal introduction to semiotics, containing engaging essays from an impressive range of international leaders in the field. Featuring an extended glossary of key... Læs mere
Jürgen Trabant reads the profound insights into human semiosis contained in Vico's 'sematology' as both a spirited rejection of Cartesian philosophy and an early critique of enlightened logocentricism.
Nelson looks at how language relates to the world and more particularly at the referring power of names. The first half of the book details the history of the subject from Locke onwards and is followed by Nelson's own reference theory.