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| General Introduction |
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| Introduction |
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PART 1 Models and Modelling |
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43 | (14) |
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An introduction to Umwelt |
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57 | (4) |
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The new concept of Umwelt: a link between science and the humanities |
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61 | (12) |
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The mathematics of communication |
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73 | (11) |
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The structure and function of communication in society |
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84 | (12) |
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Communications and public opinion |
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96 | (15) |
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Toward a general model of communication |
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111 | (25) |
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The two-step flow of communication: an up-to-date report on an hypothesis |
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136 | (18) |
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A conceptual model for communications research |
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154 | (10) |
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Excerpt from ``Closing statement: linguistics and poetics'' |
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164 | (10) |
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Structural-typological study of semiotic modeling systems |
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174 | (11) |
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Excerpt from ``Models of the interaction of language and social life'' |
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185 | (22) |
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PART 2 The Sign and Semiotics |
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Logic as semiotic: the theory of signs |
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209 | (20) |
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229 | (20) |
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249 | (10) |
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Nature of the linguistic sign |
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259 | (6) |
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The nature of the linguistic sign |
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265 | (6) |
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Against arbitrariness: the social production of the sign as a foundational issue in critical discourse analysis |
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271 | (24) |
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The problem of meaning in primitive languages |
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295 | (35) |
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The evolution of semiosis |
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| Introduction |
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PART 3 Language: Representation and Dissemination |
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1 | (152) |
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3 | (9) |
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Excerpt from ``Discourse in life and discourse in art'' |
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Language as social semiotic |
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33 | (22) |
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The independence of grammar |
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55 | (5) |
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An elementary linguistic theory |
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60 | (7) |
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The problem of universals in language |
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67 | (23) |
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In what sense is language a ``primary modeling system''? |
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90 | (10) |
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The model of language as Organon (A) |
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100 | (10) |
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The significative nature of language (B) |
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110 | (15) |
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Integrational linguistics and the structuralist legacy |
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125 | (28) |
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PART 4 Pragmatics of Communication |
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Performatives and constatives |
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155 | (7) |
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Utterer's meaning, sentence meaning and word-meaning |
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162 | (18) |
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An outline of relevance theory |
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180 | (21) |
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Toward a critique of the theory of meaning |
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201 | (24) |
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Authorized language: the social conditions for the effectiveness of ritual discourse |
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225 | (11) |
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236 | (28) |
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Reflections on talk and social structure |
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| Acknowledgements |
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| Introduction |
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On the history of the problem |
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10 | (13) |
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Narrative analysis: oral versions of personal experience |
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28 | (36) |
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The text and the structure of its audience |
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64 | (7) |
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Unlimited semiosis and drift: pragmaticism vs. ``pragmatism'' |
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71 | (20) |
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Excerpt from ``The problem of speech genres'' |
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91 | (20) |
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Genres and registers of discourse |
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111 | (30) |
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Excerpt from ``The sociology of genres: a critique'' |
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141 | (8) |
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What is generally understood by the notion of film genre? |
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149 | (22) |
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PART 6: Representation, Discourse and Ideology |
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Excerpts from ``Truth and power''. Interview with Michel Foucault |
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173 | (18) |
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Excerpts from ``The work of representation'' |
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191 | (16) |
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Rhetoric and reality: Kosovo |
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207 | (19) |
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226 | (36) |
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A simplest systematics for the organization of turn-taking for conversation |
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262 | (47) |
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Interests and category entitlements |
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| Introduction |
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PART 7 Mediated Communication |
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Writing restructures consciousness |
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3 | (17) |
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The bias of communication |
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20 | (22) |
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The medium is the message |
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42 | (11) |
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Electronic watermarks: a high profile for intellectual property in the digital age |
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53 | (14) |
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Media and behavior: a missing link |
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67 | (29) |
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A storm from paradise: technological innovation, diffusion and suppression |
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96 | (16) |
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Excerpt from ''Mediated discourse: a discursive theory of human action'' |
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112 | (13) |
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PART 8 Encoding, Decoding and the Act of Reading |
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Encoding and decoding in the television discourse |
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127 | (17) |
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Is there a text in this class? |
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144 | (8) |
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Media, technology and daily life |
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152 | (17) |
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Texts in history: the determinations of readings and their texts |
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169 | (16) |
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Five traditions in search of the audience |
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185 | (28) |
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The challenge of changing audiences. Or, what is the audience researcher to do in the age of the internet? |
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213 | (12) |
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PART 9 Communication and Cognition |
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How metaphor reveals the limitations of the myth of objectivism |
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227 | (10) |
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Peirce and the semiotic foundations of openness: signs as texts and texts as signs |
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237 | (24) |
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Excerpts from ''On cognition and recognition'' |
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261 | (36) |
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Social cognition and discourse |
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297 | (24) |
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Discursive psychology, mental states and descriptions |
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321 | (20) |
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341 | (20) |
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PART 10 Global Communication and Globalization |
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Disjuncture and difference in the global cultural economy |
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363 | (13) |
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Communication structures and processes in globalization |
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376 | (13) |
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A global model of communication |
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389 | (31) |
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Alexandros Ph. Lagopoulos |
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Global media: generic homogeneity and discursive diversity |
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420 | (24) |
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Perfect transmissions: evil Bert Laden |
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444 | (12) |
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Past the posts: rethinking change, retrieving critique |
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456 | (18) |
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Excerpts from ``Human rights for the information society'' |
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474 | (25) |
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