| Description |
xvi, 326 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Routledge companions |
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Routledge companions.
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| Contents |
Pt. I. Semiosis, communication and language -- Introduction / Paul Cobley -- 1. Nonverbal communication / Thomas A. Sebeok -- 2. Charles Sanders Peirce's concept of the sign / Floyd Merrell -- 3. The origins of language / William C. Stokoe -- 4. Language in the ecology of the mind / Ray Jackendoff -- 5. Sociolinguistics and social semiotics / Gunther Kress -- 6. Pragmatics / Jef Verschueren -- 7. Language change / Jean Aitchison -- 8. The Chomskyan revolutions / Raphael Salkie -- 9. Linguistics after Saussure / Roy Harris -- 10. Discourse / Nikolas Coupland and Adam Jaworksi -- Pt. II. Key themes and major figures in semiotics and linguistics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-318) and index |
| Subject |
Linguistics.
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Semiotics.
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| Author |
Cobley, Paul, 1963-
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| LC no. |
2001019312 |
| ISBN |
0415243130 hardback |
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0415243149 paperback |
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