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HANDBOOK OF
SEMIOTICS
WINFRIED NOTH
"This is tlre most systematic discussion of semiotics yct published." -4hoice
"A bravura performance. . ." -Thomas Sebeok
"Mapping a discipline as new as semiotics is more than an exercise in compilation and
description. It involves substantive choices regarding the taxonomy and dimensions of
the field as a whole. Noth succeeds admirably in this formidable undertaking."
-Librnry Joarnol
"Ncith's handbook is an outstanding encyclopedia that provides first-rate information
on many facets of sign-related studies, research results, and applications."
-Socisl Sciences in General
"Noth's book is a remarkable survey ofthe incredibly broad field of semiotics. . . For
those who desire a comprehensive survey of this diverse field. Noth's book is unsurpassed."
-Library Qlorterly
Noth's ambitious work covcrs the field of semiotics from Aesthetics to Zoosemiotics.
The book is organized in eight parts: "History and Classics of Modern Semiotics";
"Sign and Meaning"; 'Semiosis, Codc, and the Semiotic Field"; "Ianguage and Language-Based
Codes"; "From Suucturalism to Text Semiotics: Schools and Major Figures";
"Tcxt Semiotics: The Field"; "Nonverbal Communication'; and "Aesthetics
and Visual Communication." It contains sixty-five encyclopedic articles, a consolidatcd
bibliography of almost 3,000 tides, an index of names, and an index of terms.
Winfried Noth is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Xhssel, Germany.
N6th is the author of several books and numerous articles in the fields of linguistics
and the semiotics of art, literature, and the media.
ADVANCBS IN SEMIOTICS
Thomas A. Sebeok. General Editor
INDIANA TINT\ZERSTIY PRES.S
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