Bloomsbury Semiotics offers a state-of-the-art overview of the entire field of semiotics from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives. With four volumes spanning theory, method and practice across the disciplines, this definitive reference work comprises:
Volume 1: History and Semiosis Volume 2: Semiotics in the Natural and Technical Sciences Volume 3: Semiotics in the Arts and Social Sciences Volume 4: Semiotic Movements
Uniting fragmented disciplines under the framework of semiotic theory, this set emphasizes and strengthens common bonds shared across intellectual cultures, and facilitates the discovery and recovery of meaning across fields. Providing comprehensive overviews of the history and status of semiotic inquiry across a diverse range of traditions and disciplines, chapters are written by leading international experts. Together, they highlight key contemporary developments and debates before casting a vision for future research priorities, identifying unanswered questions and fresh openings for participation.
Providing the most comprehensive and united overview of the entire field for semioticians, Bloomsbury Semiotics enables anyone, from students to seasoned practitioners, to better understand and benefit from semiotic insight and how it relates to their own area of study or research.
Edited by:
Jamin Pelkey (Ryerson University Canada)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781350139442
ISBN 10: 1350139440
Publication Date: 09 February 2023
Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format: Mixed media product
Publisher's Status: Active
VOLUME 1: HISTORY AND SEMIOSIS, edited by Jamin Pelkey Introduction, Jamin Pelkey 1. Global Semiotics, Paul Cobley 2. Pre-Modern Semiotics, Martin Svantner and Michal Karla 3. Early-Modern Semiotics, Michal Karla and Tuuli Pern 4. Pragmatist Semiotics, Winfried Noeth 5. Post/Structuralist Semiotics, Massimo Leone 6. Reality and Semiosis, Marc Champagne 7. Evolution and Semiosis, Alexei Sharov and Kalevi Kull 8. Consciousness and Semiosis, Jordan Zlatev and Piotr Konderak 9. Iconicity and Semiosis, Goeran Sonesson 10. Opposition and Semiosis, Marcel Danesi 11. Habit and Semiosis, Donna West 12. Ideology and Semiosis, Susan Petrilli and Augusto Ponzio 13. Classifying Signs, Priscila Borges 14. Applying Signs, John Coletta and Didier Tsala Effa Index VOLUME 2: SEMIOTICS IN THE NATURAL AND TECHNICAL SCIENCES, edited by Jamin Pelkey and Stephanie Walsh Matthews Introduction, Stephanie Walsh Matthews 1. Semiotics in Mathematics and Logic, Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen and Frederik Stjernfelt 2. Semiotics in General Biology, Kalevi Kull and Don Favareau 3. Semiotics in Ecology and Environmental Studies, Timo Maran 4. Semiotics in Ethology and Zoology, Morten Tonnessen 5. Semiotics in Evolutionary Linguistics, Jamin Pelkey and Prisca Augustyn 6. Semiotics in Health and Medicine, John Tredinnick-Rowe and Donald E. Stanley 7. Semiotics in Psychiatry and Psychology, Norbert Andersch 8. Semiotics in Neuroscience and Cognition, Kristian Tylen and Jijo Kandamkulathy 9. Semiotics in Computing and Information Systems, Martin Irvine 10. Semiotics in Economics and Finance, Todd Oakley 11. Semiotics in Law and Jurisprudence, Clara Chapdelaine-Feliciati 12. Semiotics in Architecture and Spatial Design, Gabriele Aroni 13. Semiotics in Graphic Design, Steven Skaggs 14. Semiotics in Marketing and Branding, Kristian Bankov and Dimitar Trendafilov Index VOLUME 3: SEMIOTICS IN THE ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, edited by Jamin Pelkey, Susan Petrilli and Sophia Melanson Ricciardone Introduction, Susan Petrilli and Sophia Melanson Ricciardone 1. Semiotics in Philosophy and Critical Theory, Vincent Colapietro 2. Semiotics in Anthropology and Ethnography, Sally Ness and Steve Coleman 3. Semiotics in History and Archaeology, Marek Tamm and Robert Preucel 4. Semiotics in Theology and Religious Studies, Massimo Leone 5. Semiotics in Ethics and Caring, Susan Petrilli 6. Semiotics in Sociology and Political Science, Risto Heiskala and Peeter Selg 7. Semiotics in Learning and Education, Andrew Stables and Alin Olteanu 8. Semiotics in Picture and Image Studies, Sara Lenninger and Goeran Sonesson 9. Semiotics in Film and Video Studies, Piero Polidoro and Adriano D'Aloia 10. Semiotics in Music and Musicology, William Dougherty and Esti Sheinberg 11. Semiotics in Performance and Dance, Nikoleta Popa Blanariu 12. Semiotics in Rhetoric and Poetics, Per Aage Brandt and Todd Oakely 13. Semiotics in Literature and Narratology, Stephanie Walsh Matthews and Paul Perron 14. Semiotics in Structural Linguistics, Anne-Gaelle Toutain and Ekaterina Velmezova Index VOLUME 4: SEMIOTICS MOVEMENTS, edited by Jamin Pelkey and Paul Cobley Introduction, Paul Cobley 1. Communication Theory and Semiotics, Richard Lanigan 2. Media/Culture Studies and Semiotics, Sophia Melanson Ricciardone and Marcel Danesi 3. Digital Humanities and Semiotics, Alin Olteanu and Arianna Ciula 4. Systems Theory and Semiotics, Ricardo Gudwin and Joao Queiroz 5. Phenomenology and Semiotics, Peer F. Bundgaard 6. Hermeneutics and Semiotics, Ronald C. Arnett and Susan Mancino 7. Translation Studies and Semiotics, Evangelos Kourdis and Ritva Hartama-Heinonen 8. Pragmatics and Semiotics, Per Aage Brandt 9. Gesture Studies and Semiotics, Irene Mittelberg and Jennifer Hinnell 10. Multimodality and Semiotics, David Machin and Ariel Chen 11. Discourse Analysis and Semiotics, Kay O'Halloran and Sabine Tan 12. Integrational Linguistics and Semiotics, Adrian Pable 13. Cognitive Linguistics and Semiotics, Jordan Zlatev and Moettoenen Tapani 14. Cognitive Science and Semiotics, Goeran Sonesson Index
Jamin Pelkey is Professor of Semiotics and Linguistic Anthropology, and Director of the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada.
Reviews for Bloomsbury Semiotics
This is a much-needed reference that promises to provide a very solid general and historical introduction to a complex way of thinking, but also introduces a very wide range of interdisciplinary approaches to the field. -- Elliot Gaines, Wright State University, USA
