The Forms of Meaning: Modeling Systems Theory and Semiotic Analysis / Thomas Albert Sebeok, Marcel Danesi
Publication year: 2000
: 9783110167511
Presents a methodological framework, developed from the field of biosemiotics, for studying semiotic phenomena as modeling processes. It presents a descriptive system for uniting semiotics and biology so that the "modelling instinct" can be studied in terms of its manifestations in various species. The book is written in an accessible textbook style, and can thus be used as a manual by both professional semioticians and students taking courses in semiotics, biology, and the communication sciences. It is composed in such a way that a broad readership can appreciate the fascinating research going on in a relatively unknown area of interdisciplinary study.
: Communication models, Language arts and disciplines, Linguistics, Modèles de communication, Semiotics, System theory, Théorie des systèmes
