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OverviewRichard Parmentier takes up Ferdinand de Saussure's challenge to study the ""life of signs in society"" by using semiotic tools proposed by Charles Sanders Peirce. He studies how semiotic theory can illuminate highly complex social and cultural practices. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Richard J. ParmentierPublisher: Indiana University Press Imprint: Indiana University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.594kg ISBN: 9780253327574ISBN 10: 0253327571 Pages: 319 Publication Date: 22 June 1994 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I Foundations of Peircean Semiotics 1 Peirce Divested for Nonintimates Sign, Object, and Interpretant Symbols and Legisigns Language and Logic The Trichotomies Scientific Knowledge and Cultural Belief 2 Peirce's Concept of Semiotic Mediation The Fundamental Model of Semiotic Mediation Semiotic Mediation and the Correlates of the Sign Thirdness as Mediation Sign as Medium of Communication Part II Signs in Ethnographic Context 3 Transactional Symbolism in Belauan Mortuary Rites Responses to Death Initial Funeral Transactions Burial Practices Final Transactions Conclusion 4 The Political Function of Reported Speech Authoritative Speech Ethnographic Context Ngiraklang's Speech to the Council Metapragmatic Elements in the Speech Textual Pragmatics Part III Comparative Perspectives on Complex Semiotic Processes 5 Tropical Semiotics Levels of Semiosis Collectivizing and Differentiating Sybolization Convention and Innateness Obviational Exchange Tropes and Narrative Foi Cultural Semiotics 6 The Semiotic Regimentation of Social Life Social Action and Semiotic Text Content and Type in Ritual Performativity Institutional Regimentation of Touristic Experience Ideological Regimentation in Advertising Part IV Social Theory and Social Action 7 Comparison, Pragmatic, and Interpretation Models and Strategies of Comparison Comparative Philosophy of Religion as a Discipline Comparison and Interpretation as Practical Reason Directions for Future Research 8 Naturalization of Convention Arbitrariness and Motivation Naturalization in Social Theory Naturalization and Conventionalization in Social Reality Conclusion Notes References IndexReviewsAuthor InformationRICHARD J. PARMENTIER, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Brandeis University, is the author of The Sacred Remains: Myth, History, and Polity in Belau and articles on Pacific ethnography, anthropological linguistics, and semiotic theory. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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