Semiosis and Catastrophes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Semiosis and Catastrophes write by Wolfgang Wildgen. This book was released on 2010. Semiosis and Catastrophes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The French mathematician René Thom (Fields medal 1958) died in 2002. In this volume his contributions to biology, semiotics and linguistics are discussed by a group of scholars who have continued his work and have shaped the new paradigm of dynamic semiotics and linguistics. Thom's heritage is full of revolutionary ideas and deep insights which stem from a rich intuition and a sharp awareness of the current state of the sciences, including their potentials and risks. The contributions to this volume are elaborations of papers given at a colloquium at the International Center for Semiotics and Linguistics of the University of Urbino (Italy), in 2005. The central concern of this volume is semiogenesis, i.e. the evolution and differentiation of meaningful («pregnant») forms in the field of symbolic systems - from bio-communication to language and cultural forms like music, art, architecture or urban forms. The basic questions are: How are meanings created and further differentiated? Where do they come from? What kind of forces drive their unfolding? How can complex cultural forms be understood based on simple morphodynamic principles? Applications concern the perception of forms by animals and humans, the categorization of forms e.g. in a lexicon, and predication or other complex symbolic behaviors which show up in grammar or in cultural artifacts like the unfolding of urban centers.
Warning Signs
Warning Signs - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Warning Signs write by Marcel Danesi. This book was released on 2021-12-16. Warning Signs available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Warning signs are all around us. In ancient Egypt, tombs were lavishly adorned with signs and symbols warning of the dire consequences that would befall any robbers and thieves. And yet these signs were often read as provocations and challenges. Why was this? And how could we more effectively communicate dangers from our world, such as toxic waste, to future civilizations? This book examines and evaluates the kinds of signs, symbols, narratives and other semiotic strategies humans have used across time to communicate the sense of danger. From paleolithic cave art and ancient monuments to the dangers of nuclear waste, carbon emissions and other pollution, Marcel Danesi explores how danger has been encoded in language, discourse, and symbolism. At the same time, the book puts forward a plan for a more effective 'semiotising' of risk and peril, calling on linguists, semioticians and agencies to face up our collective responsibilities, and work together to more clearly communicate vitally important warnings about the dangers we've left behind to civilizations beyond the semiotic gap.
Paris School Semiotics
Paris School Semiotics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Paris School Semiotics write by Paul Perron. This book was released on 1989-01-01. Paris School Semiotics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. It has often been claimed that the aim of semiotics is to establish a general theory of systems of signification. However, as Jean-Claude Coquet notes in a recent collection of essays, what distinguishes one school of semiotics from another is the initial definition given of sign. If, for certain semioticians, the sign is first of all an observable phenomenon, for the Paris School it is first of all a construct and this point of departure has crucial theoretical and practical consequences. The essays appearing in these two volumes are representative of recent work carried out by members of this semiotic school. Essays in Volume I study problems more closely related to theoretical issues, while Volume II focuses more specifically on various fields of application.
Paris School Semiotics: Theory
Paris School Semiotics: Theory - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Paris School Semiotics: Theory write by Paul Perron. This book was released on 1989-01-01. Paris School Semiotics: Theory available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. It has often been claimed that the aim of semiotics is to establish a general theory of systems of signification. However, as Jean-Claude Coquet notes in a recent collection of essays, what distinguishes one school of semiotics from another is the initial definition given of sign. If, for certain semioticians, the sign is first of all an observable phenomenon, for the Paris School it is first of all a construct and this point of departure has crucial theoretical and practical consequences. The essays appearing in these two volumes are representative of recent work carried out by members of this semiotic school. Essays in Volume I study problems more closely related to theoretical issues, while Volume II focuses more specifically on various fields of application.
On Semiotic Modeling
On Semiotic Modeling - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook On Semiotic Modeling write by Myrdene Anderson. This book was released on 2014-01-02. On Semiotic Modeling available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
