Semiotics and communication : signs, codes, cultures

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Label

Semiotics and communication : signs, codes, cultures

Title remainder

signs, codes, cultures

Statement of responsibility

Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz

Creator

• Leeds-Hurwitz, Wendy

Subject

• Communication
• Communication
• Semiotics
• Semiotiek
• Sémiotique
• Sémiotique
• Communicatie

Language

eng

Summary

Communication is, among other things, about the study of meaning -- how people convey ideas for themselves and to one another in their daily lives. Designed to close the gap between what we are able to do as social actors and what we are able to describe as social analysts, this book introduces the language of semiotics -- a language that provides some of the words necessary for discussion of these communication issues. Presenting the basics of semiotic theory to communication scholars, this volume summarizes those aspects most relevant to the study of social interaction, in particular, signs (the smallest elements of meaning in interaction) and codes (sets of related signs and rules for their use) -- explaining how they come together within cultures. Three common social codes -- food, clothing, and objects -- serve as primary examples throughout the book

Member of

• Communication textbook series, Intercultural communication

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

302.2

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

P99

LC item number

.L44 1993

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Communnication textbook series