The Semiotic Sphere

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Semiotics in Australia

   • Anne Freadman, Meaghan Morris

   Pages 1-17

3. Semiotics in Belgium

   • Richard Martin

   Pages 19-45

4. Semiotics in Brazil

   • Monica P. Rector

   Pages 47-58

5. Semiotics in Canada

   • Paul Bouissac

   Pages 59-98

6. Semiotics in Chile

   • Andrés Gallardo, Jorge Sánchez

   Pages 99-114

7. Semiotics in Denmark

   • Jørgen Dines Johansen

   Pages 115-143

8. Semiotics in Finland

   • Eero Tarasti

   Pages 145-152

9. Semiotics in France

   • Anne Hénault

   Pages 153-175

10. Semiotics in East and West Germany and Austria

    • Annemarie Lange-Seidl

    Pages 177-227

11. Semiotics in Great Britain

    • Christopher Norris

    Pages 229-251

12. Semiotics in Greece

    • K. Boklund-Lagopoulou, A.-Ph. Lagopoulos

    Pages 253-278

13. Semiotics in Hungary

    • Vilmos Voigt

    Pages 279-292

14. Semiotics in Italy

    • Gianfranco Bettetini, Francesco Casetti

    Pages 293-321

15. Semiotics in Japan

    • Tomonori Toyama

    Pages 323-342

16. Semiotics in the Low Countries

    • Pierre Swiggers

    Pages 343-357

17. Semiotics in Mexico

    • Regina Jiménez-Ottalengo

    Pages 359-367

18. Semiotics in Norway

    • Sven Storelv

    Pages 369-385

19. Semiotics in Peru

    • Enrique Ballón

    Pages 387-405

20. Semiotics in Portugal

    • José Augusto Seabra

    Pages 407-415

Although semiotics has, in one guise or another, ftourished uninterruptedly since pre­ Socratic times in the West, and important semiotic themes have emerged and devel­ oped independently in both the Brahmanie and Buddhistic traditions, semiotics as an organized undertaking began to 100m only in the 1960s. Workshops materialized, with a perhaps surprising spontaneity, over much ofEurope-Eastern and Western­ and in North America. Thereafter, others quickly surfaced almost everywhere over the litera te globe. Different places strategically allied themselves with different lega­ eies, but all had a common thrust: to aim at a general theory of signs, by way of a description of different sign systems, their comparative analysis, and their classifi­ cation. More or less permanent confederations were forged with the most diverse academic disciplines, and amazingly varied frameworks were devised-suited to the needs of the times and the sites-to carry the work of consolidation forward. Bit by bit, mutually supportive international networks were put together. Today, it can truly be asserted that semiotics has become a global enterprise. This, of course, is far from saying that the map is uniform or even that world-wide homogeneity is in the least desirable. While our conjoint ultimate goal remains steadily in focus, the multiplicity of avenues available for its realization is inherent in the advent ure of the search itself.

• Europe
• IRA
• networks
• semiotics
• traditions
• literary diction

• Research Center for Language and Semiotic Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

  Thomas A. Sebeok, Jean Umiker-Sebeok

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