Semiotics: The Basics

• Author(s): Daniel Chandler,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 296
• ISBN_10: 1134501870
  ISBN_13: 9781134501878
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Education / Teaching / Subjects / Arts & Humanities , Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Semantics , Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory ,

Description:... Using jargon-free language and lively, up-to-date examples, Semiotics: The Basics 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: www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B