Thomas Albert Sebeok bol popredným lingvistom a semiotikom, ktorý sa zaslúžil o vznik odboru bio-semiotika. Jeho práca sa sústredila na štúdium nesignálnych a komunikačných systémov netýkajúcich sa človeka. Sebeok bol tiež dlhoročným šéfredaktorom kľúčového periodika v tomto odbore, časopisu Semiotica. Jeho vplyv na lingvistiku a semiotiku je dodnes badateľný.
Offers an account of the rise of semiotics in the United States. This work focuses on salient individuals and intellectual issues, including theatre, television, folklore, sociology, tourism, and graphic design. It also examines semiotic applications to architecture, marketing and advertising, jurisprudence, and medicine.
This work explores the intersection of semiotics and biosemiotics, examining how signs and communication shape our understanding of life and nature. It discusses the semiotic production of our planet and the ethical dimensions of therapeutic genetic engineering, alongside the brain's models of communication. The relationship between sign-science and life-science is scrutinized, alongside the semiotics of emergence in both artificial and natural systems. The organization of biosystems is approached from a semiotic perspective, while the icons of nature are analyzed within nature semiotics. The text delves into ecogenesis and echogenesis challenges for biosemiotics, revisits phytosemiotics, and considers the evolution of semiotics. The specificity of musculoskeletal symptoms is explored through a biosemiotic lens, and the cultural construction of pain disease is examined in a cross-cultural context. The potential of radiology in semiotic analysis is illustrated through case studies, and the themes of species, signs, and intentionality are investigated. The work also addresses the historical communication barriers in the living world and the social construction of conditions like Alzheimer's disease. Finally, it discusses categorical perception's role in sign formation and the emergence of chemical languages, culminating in a comprehensive index.
This updated second edition of Signs combines some of Sebeok?s most important essays with a new general introduction, introductory passages at the outset of each chapter, a glossary, and brief biographies of the major semioticians. schovat popis
Volume 2
A biographical Source Book for the History of Western Linguistics, 1746-1963
The author reflects on an unconventional writing journey that spans various fields, beginning with technical articles in Uralic linguistics and evolving into diverse explorations in psycholinguistics, mythology, and semiotics. Key milestones include significant publications on the supernatural, games, and animal communication, leading to a focus on semiotics from 1976 onwards. The narrative highlights the author's unique scholarly evolution and the challenges of categorizing their extensive body of work, ultimately suggesting that this volume may serve as a culmination of their semiotic explorations.
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