New Book: Umberto Eco sémioticien et romancier, Mohamed Bernoussi

Pionnier de la sémiotique et théoricien du langage, auteur de nombreux essais sur l’esthétique et les médias, Umberto Eco (1932, Alexandrie – 2016, Milan) a publié en 1980 son premier roman, Le Nom de la rose, un succès mondial. Cet ouvrage propose au lecteur de suivre pas à pas l’œuvre immense et variée du sémioticien,…

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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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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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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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Book: Sémiotique de la musique classique, Eero Tarasti

Sémiotique de la musique classique Comment Mozart, Brahms et Wagner nous parlent Eero Tarasti Traduit de l’anglais par Jean-Laurent Csinidis et Mathias Rousselot La musique s’invite dans notre subjectivité la plus intime. Elle est ainsi un champ privilégié d’exploration pour la sémiotique existentielle, horizon musicologique nouveau développé par Eero Tarasti. L’ouvrage utilise cette méthode philosophique…

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New Book: Il sistema del velo / Système du voile: TRASPARENZE E OPACITÀ NELL’ARTE MODERNA E CONTEMPORANEA

New Book: Il sistema del velo / Système du voile: TRASPARENZE E OPACITÀ NELL’ARTE MODERNA E CONTEMPORANEA

Il sistema del velo Système du voile Trasparenze e opacità nell’arte moderna e contemporanea Transparence et opacité dans l’art moderne et contemporain a cura di sous la direction de Massimo Leone, Henri de Riedmatten, Victor I. Stoichita Contributi di Martina Corgnati, Lucia Corrain, Gianluca Cuozzo, Ruggero Eugeni, Nicolas Galley, Massimo Leone, Atsushi Okada, Peppino Ortoleva, Herman Parret, Henri de Riedmatten, Victor I. Stoichita, Ugo Volli. Leone, de Riedmatten,…

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New book: From Translation to Transduction: The Glassy Essence of Intersemiosis” (Tartu Semiotics Library, 15)

New book: From Translation to Transduction: The Glassy Essence of Intersemiosis” (Tartu Semiotics Library, 15)

NEW: Dinda L. Gorlée, “From Translation to Transduction: The Glassy Essence of Intersemiosis” (Tartu Semiotics Library, 15). 260 p. The fascinating story of the intersemiotic growth of translation into the whirlpool of excitement in transduction. The conflict between the simultaneous attractions of language-based translation and not-only-language-based transductions in different arts shows the way that the…

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Call for proposals: English language book series in the field of semiotics

Nanjing Normal University Press is launching two English language book series in the field of semiotics.  This is a call for proposals in – Series 1: basics of semiotics (up-to-date textbooks for beginners, lecturers and researchers in semiotics) – Series 2: research in semiotics (cognition, culture, communication, philosophy, education, etc). Proposals must include: – title –…

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New book: Handbook of Brand Semiotics, George Rossolatos (ed.)

New book: Handbook of Brand Semiotics, George Rossolatos (ed.)

Title: Handbook of Brand Semiotics Publishing house: Kassel University Press ISBN (print): 978-3-7376-0042-2 ISBN (e-book): 978-3-7376-0043-9 Editor: George Rossolatos Release date: October 2015 Pages: 457 Semiotics has been making progressively inroads into marketing research over the past thirty years. Despite the amply demonstrated conceptual appeal and empirical pertinence of semiotic perspectives in various marketing research streams, spanning consumer…

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