Lexington Books
Pages: 300
Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
978-0-7391-0291-6 • Hardback • September 2001 • $134.00 • (£103.00)
Scott Simpkins is Associate Professor of English at the University of North Texas and a lecturer at the Cyber Semiotic Institute.
Chapter 1 Introduction: Shaking Up Semiotics
Chapter 2 The Lingua Franca of Semioticians
Chapter 3 Semiotics Under Fire
Chapter 4 The Implications of Codes
Chapter 5 The "Problem" of Controlling the Decoder
Chapter 6 The Limits of "System" and the Authority of the Encoder
Chapter 7 Finite Infinite Semiotics
Chapter 8 Semiotics Based on Radical Polysemy, Structuration, and Play
Chapter 9 Semiosis in The Catbird Seat
Chapter 10 Appendix - The Catbird Seat by James Thurber
Simpkins' book is a triumphant exposition and vindication of Peircean semiotics.
— The Semiotic Review Of Books