The Routledge Companion to Semiotics and Linguistics (Routledge Companions)

Book Description:

Edited by communications specialist Paul Cobley, this Routledge Companion it has ten introductory essays written by pace-setting figures in the field. These are followed by over 200 A-Z entries which cover:
*key concepts such as abduction, code, modelling, philology and syntax
*key individuals: Bakhtin, Chomsky, Peirce, Saussure, Sebeok and others
*key theories and schools, including American structuralism, pragmatism and the Prague School.