New Book: Mimicry and Meaning: Structure and Semiotics of Biological Mimicry

Maran, Timo 2017. Mimicry and Meaning: Structure and Semiotics of Biological Mimicry. (Biosemiotics 16). Springer.   Abstract: The present book analyses critically the tripartite mimicry model (consisting of the mimic, model and receiver species) and develops semiotic tools for comparative analysis. It is proposed that mimicry has a double structure where sign relations in communication…

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Journal: Sign Systems Studies (44-4)

Sign Systems Studies 44(4), 2016 We are happy to announce the publication of the new issue of Sign Systems Studies. The online issue is available here: http://www.sss.ut.ee/index.php/sss/index Print issue is available here: http://www.tyk.ee/semiootika/00000012003 An international journal of semiotics and sign processes in culture and living nature, the journal Sign Systems Studies was established in 1964…

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CFP: Cygne noir semiotics journal

CFP: Cygne noir semiotics journal

French complete CFP follows (with pdf attached as well). Here is the English snippet : The French-speaking scientific journal of semiotics Cygne noir is now receiving at any time original paper manuscripts developing researches on signs or sharing research results linked to the semiotics field. The langage for the papers is French. Article can discuss…

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Journal: Sign Systems Studies 44(3), 2016

Journal: Sign Systems Studies 44(3), 2016

Sign Systems Studies 44(3), 2016 http://www.sss.ut.ee/index.php/sss/index We are happy to announce the publication of the new issue of Sign Systems Studies. An international journal of semiotics and sign processes in culture and living nature, the journal Sign Systems Studies was established in 1964 by Juri Lotman (initially as Труды по знаковым системам – Σημειωτικη), and…

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New book: Semiotranslating Peirce by Douglas Robinson

New book: Semiotranslating Peirce by Douglas Robinson

NEW BOOK IN THE SERIES TARTU SEMIOTICS LIBRARY: “Semiotranslating Peirce” by Douglas Robinson. Vol 17 in the series Tartu Semiotics Library Available at http://www.tyk.ee/semiotics/00000011943 From the back cover: „Just as a long discussion with Doug Robinson is the shortest way toward conceptualizing innovative approaches in Translation Studies, so reading a new book of his is…

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New book: Animal Umwelten in a Changing World. Zoosemiotic Perspectives

New book: Animal Umwelten in a Changing World. Zoosemiotic Perspectives

NEW: “Animal Umwelten in a Changing World. Zoosemiotic Perspectives“, edited by Maran, Timo; Tųnnessen, Morten; Armstrong Oma, Kristin; Kiiroja, Laura; Magnus, Riin; Mäekivi, Nelly; Rattasepp, Silver; Thibault, Paul; Tüür, Kadri  Vol 18 in the series Tartu Semiotics Library. “Animal Umwelten in a Changing World. Zoosemiotic Perspectives” raises semiotic questions of human-animal relations: what is the…

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CFP: Punctum Special Issue – The Fugue of the Five Senses: Semiotics of the Shifting Sensorium

Call for papers The Fugue of the Five Senses: Semiotics of the Shifting Sensorium Special issue of Punctum. International Journal of Semiotics Editor: Gregory Paschalidis Western thought has privileged sight above all other senses, placing hearing a distant second and touch, taste and smell among the ‘lower senses’. This hierarchy of the senses, manifested through the ocularcentric bias pervading modern thought, has affected…

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Book: “Concepts for Semiotics”, edited by Claudio Julio Rodríguez Higuera and Tyler James Bennett

NEW: “Concepts for Semiotics”, edited by Claudio Julio Rodríguez Higuera and Tyler James Bennett. Vol 16 in the series Tartu Semiotics Library. Accountability, anticipation, autocommunication, censorship, drawing, droodle, ground, innovation, landscape, library, literary history, metatext, minimal model, mytheme, normalization, ostension, self-description. These are the concepts treated in this collection of articles, opening a window into the…

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