Semiotics (Linguistics Towards the 21st Century)

Author: Wang Mingyu, edited by Song Yao
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Features: The "Languageology Towards the 21st Century" series, organized around eight cutting-edge disciplines in linguistics, systematically summarizes the development of each discipline in China based on representative research achievements in the country. It analyzes the important ideas and viewpoints of Chinese linguists and provides an outlook on the future of linguistics in the 21st century. The series consists of eight volumes: "General Linguistics," "Semiotic Linguistics," "Applied Linguistics," "Semantics," "Pragmatics," "Sociolinguistics," "Computational Linguistics," and "Linguisticology." Each volume includes a preface, an introduction (discipline overview, development in China, and future trends in the 21st century), representative research achievements of Chinese scholars in the 20th century, an objective analysis and evaluation of each article, and a bibliography of major references. This series serves as a comprehensive reference for showcasing cutting-edge research findings and promoting theoretical research and teaching in linguistics. This book, "Semiotic Linguistics," systematically introduces the history and current state of domestic and international semiotic linguistics research. It selects and compiles 29 papers published in academic journals in China over the past two decades, showcasing the basic research directions and major achievements of Chinese semiotic linguistics. The selected articles cover topics such as the origins and historical development of semiotic thought, studies on the ideas of prominent semioticians, the disciplinary positioning of semiotics, the relationship between semiotics and other disciplines, semiotic thought in traditional Chinese culture and historical classics, and the nature and characteristics of linguistic signs. The editors also provide an objective analysis and evaluation of each article in terms of research background, value, and development direction to help readers gain a deeper understanding of the content. A bibliography of major references in this discipline is also provided at the end. This book not only promotes theoretical research in linguistics but also serves as a comprehensive reference for teaching, making it suitable for linguistics researchers, graduate and undergraduate students in linguistics, and all readers interested in semiotics.