Routledge Companion to Semiotics

<p><em>The Routledge Companion to Semiotics</em> provides the ideal introduction to semiotics containing engaging essays from an impressive range of international leaders in the field.</p><p>Topics covered include:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>the history development and uses of semiotics </li> <p> </p> <li>key theorists including Saussure Peirce and Sebeok</li> <p> </p> <li>crucial and contemporary topics such as biosemiotics sociosemiotics and semioethics </li> <p> </p> <li>the semiotics of media and culture nature and cognition. </li> </ul><p>Featuring an extended glossary of key terms and thinkers as well as suggestions for further reading this is an invaluable reference guide for students of semiotics at all levels.</p>