Social Semiotics as Praxis

by Paul J. Thibault

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In Social Semiotics as Praxis, Paul J. Thibault rescues semiotics from terminal formalism by recognizing that the object of a semiotic inquiry is necessarily the way in which human beings, individually and collectively, make sense of their lives. Focusing on Vladimir Nabokov's Ada, he develops a conception of social semiotics that is a form of both social action and political praxis.

Thibault's principal intellectual...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0816618666

ISBN13:9780816618668

Release Date:February 1991

Publisher:University of Minnesota Press

Length:320 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"

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Communication Communication & Journalism Communications Criticism & Theory History & Criticism Humanities Language Arts Linguistics Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literary Theory Literature Semantics Words, Language & Grammar

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