Prologue

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Prologue V
3. Contents VII
4. Part I: The field of semiotics
5. Chapter 1 Introduction: What is semiotics? 3
6. Chapter 2 A brief history of semiotics 8
7. Part II: The semiotics of langue
8. Chapter 3 The basic concepts of langue 25
9. Part III: The semiotics of parole (textual semiotics)
10. Chapter 4 Syntagmatic analysis: Narrative theory 93
11. Chapter 5 Paradigmatic analysis: Isotopies, qualitative approach 130
12. Chapter 6 Paradigmatic analysis: Isotopies, quantitative approach 190
13. Chapter 7 Late and post-Greimasian theory 234
14. Part IV: The semiotics of communication
15. Chapter 8 A global model of communication 253
16. Chapter 9 Social semiotics 321
17. References 337
18. Index 345