A Semiotic Theory of Texts

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List of contents

Frontmatter -- List of Propositions -- List of Corollaries -- List of Definitions -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART 1: "SYMBOL SYSTEMS" IN TEXTS -- PART 2: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS AND "SUBLANGUAGES" BEHIND TEXTS -- PART 3: HOW WE PERCEIVE TEXTS: STEPS TOWARD AN ALTERNATIVE MODEL -- PART 4: TOWARD A FORMAL MODEL OF TEXTS -- Postscript -- APPENDIX I: Toward a Typology of More-or-Less "Incommensurable" Systems -- APPENDIX II: Metaphor and Metonymy -- APPENDIX III: Catastrophe Theory -- References -- Index

About the author

Floyd Merrell is Professor of Semiotic Theory, Latin American Cultures, and Spanish American Literature at Purdue University. He is the author of numerous books on semiotics.

Product details

• Authors: Floyd Merrell
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1985
• EAN: 9783110103601
• ISBN: 978-3-11-010360-1
• No. of pages: 234
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 20 mm x 230 mm
• Weight: 484 g
• Series: Approaches to Semiotics; Approaches to Semiotics [AS]; Approaches to Semiotics; Approaches to Semiotics [AS]; ISSN
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies