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Semiotic Praxis

Studies in Pertinence and in the Means of Expression and Communication

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  • © 1985

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Authors:
  1. Georges Mounin

    1. University of Provence, Aix-Marseilles, France

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Part of the book series: Topics in Contemporary Semiotics (TICSE, volume 158)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Structuralism in 1980

      • Georges Mounin
      Pages 3-18

    3. Semiology in 1980

      • Georges Mounin
      Pages 19-31

    4. Communication, Linguistics, and Information Theory

      • Georges Mounin
      Pages 33-49

    5. Language and Communication

      • Georges Mounin
      Pages 51-68

  3. Semiology and Gestural Communication

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. An Analysis of Indian Sign Language

      • Georges Mounin
      Pages 71-79

    3. An Encyclopedia of Sign Communication

      • Georges Mounin
      Pages 81-87

    4. Harlan Lane and Feral Children

      • Georges Mounin
      Pages 89-98

  4. Toward a Semiology of the Image

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99
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    2. Toward a Semiology of the Image: Introduction

      • Georges Mounin
      Pages 101-105

    3. Painting and Language

      • Georges Mounin
      Pages 107-110

    4. The Semiological Functioning of the Image

      • Georges Mounin
      Pages 111-117

    5. Semiology and Scientific Photography

      • Georges Mounin
      Pages 119-125

    6. Iconography and Semiology: Representations of the Crucifixion

      • Georges Mounin
      Pages 127-134

    7. The View of the Semiologist

      • Georges Mounin
      Pages 135-138

    8. Viewing Aix-En-Provence

      • Georges Mounin
      Pages 139-140

  5. Semiology and Medicine

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141
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    2. Medical Semiology and Linguistic Semiology

      • Georges Mounin
      Pages 143-159
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About this book

Catherine Tihanyi Georges Mounin, an important figure in contemporary French intellec­ tual life, has made significant and original contributions in semiotics, I semantics, poetics, the linguistic theory and practice of translation, and the study of the history of linguistics. He is noted as well for several dec­ ades of literary criticism in support of poets who were often unknown at the time. Though some of his work has been translated into German, Ital­ ian, and Spanish, only a few articles have been available so far in English (Mounin 1974, 1976, 1980, 1981); thus the present collection is the first full-length volume of Mounin's works to be translated into English. The contents of Semiotic Praxis reflect Mounin's life-long concern to apply semiotic theory to concrete objects. In so doing, he has attempted to demonstrate the usefulness of semiotics, to test and clarify its theoretical constructs and modify them accordingly, and to help lay down its scientific foundations and map its boundaries as a discipline.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Provence, Aix-Marseilles, France

    Georges Mounin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Semiotic Praxis

  • Book Subtitle: Studies in Pertinence and in the Means of Expression and Communication

  • Authors: Georges Mounin

  • Series Title: Topics in Contemporary Semiotics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4829-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1985

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-41767-2Due: 01 April 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-4831-3Published: 26 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-4829-0Published: 13 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 236

  • Topics: Applied Linguistics

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