Dialogic Semiosis: An Essay On Signs And Meanings

DIALOGIC SEMIOSIS AN ESSAY ON SIGNS AND MEANING J0RGEN DINES JOHANSEN "Extremely important. Johansen is one of the few scholars able to place the wholeinsofar as that is possible-of Peirce's philosophy, including unpublished manuscripts , in a broad contemporary context. ... Johansen's 'semiotic pyramid ' is seminal , a remarkable contribution that will be valuable to Peirce scholars, philosophers , semioticians , literary theorists, linguists , and anthropologists." -Floyd Merrell A study of C. S. Peirce's conception of the sign , with a critique of Saussure and Hjelmslev, Dialogic Semiosis presents a semiotics of the production , transmission , and interpretation of signs in human communication. J0rgen Dines Johansen studies the process of sign creation , how signs fulfill their office of transmitting information between human agents , chiefly through a study of human speech . In the first part of the book, Johansen focuses on Hjelmslev's concept of the sign (continued on back fla p) (continued from front flap) and the study of semiotic systems . In Part II , he undertakes a detailed explication of Peirce's concepts of the process of signification with the intention of inducing readers to think semiotics with Peirce. In the conclusion , Johansen analyzes a specific micro system from both Hjelmslevian and Peircean perspectives and summarizes the basic features of an intentionally produced semiotic . J0RGEN DINES JOHANSEN is Professor of General and Comparative Literature at the Center for Literature and Semiotics , Odense University, Denmark. He is author of a number of books on literary theory, semiotics , and the history of European literature . Advances in Semiotics INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS DIALOGIC SEMIOSIS Advances in Semiotics Thomas A. Sebeok, General Editor DIALOGIC SEMIOSIS An Essay on Signs and Meaning J0RGEN DINES JOHANSEN INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS Bloomington & Indianapolis © 1993 by J!6rgen Dines Johansen All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses' Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences - Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging.in.Publication Data Johansen,J0rgen Dines. Dialogic semiosis : an essay on signs and meaning / J0rgen Dines Johansen. p. cm. - (Advances in semiotics) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-253-33099-8 1. Semiotics. 2. Communication. 3. Speech. 4. Peir