Semiotics and the Philosophy of Language

Author: (It) Umberto Eco
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: PrefaceChapter Symbols and Inference
1. Has Symbol Died?
2. Stubborn Symbols (1) Natural Inference (2) Arbitrariness of Equivalence (3) Diagrams (4) Pictures (5) Badges (6) Labels
3. Connotation and Denotation
4. Ambiguous Answers
5. Deconstruction of Linguistic Symbols (1) Symbol and Form (2) Symbol and Sentence (3) Symbol as Difference (4) Advantage of Signifier (5) Symbol and Text (6) Symbol as Identity
6. Symbol and Word
7. Stoics
8. Unity of Theories and Linguistic Advantage
9. "Directive" Model
10. Strong Code and Weak Code
11. Induction and Creative Code
12. Ways of Symbol Creation (1) Traces or Imprints (tracce or impronte) (2) Symptoms (sintomi) (3) Signs (indizi) (4) Examples (esempi), Samples (campioni) and Fake Samples (campionifittizi) (5) Carriers (vettori) (6) Stylized Things (stilizzazione) (7) Composite Units (8) Fake Composite Units (9) Programmed Stimuli (stimoliprogrammatici) (10) Invention (invenzione) (11) Summary…