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Review article Semiotics as a life science: Revisiting Sebeok in translation* MARCEL DANESI In a previous review essay (Danesi 1992), I had the opportunity to revisit -- in an Italian translation -- one of Thomas A. Sebeok's more significant contributions to the field of semiotics, The Sign & Its Masters (original version 1979; Italian translation 1985). The Sign forms part of a tetralogy -- Contributions to the Doctrine of Signs (1976), The Sign & Its Masters (1979), The Play of Musement (1981), and / Think I Am a Verb (1986) -- that has come to constitute a modern-day conceptual and methodological framework for the entire discipline. The purpose of the present essay is to revisit the latest of these contemporary semiotic classics, again in an Italian translation, Penso di essere un verbo (1990). It is always refreshing and rewarding to reread the work of Sebeok. The way in which he presents, explains, and illustrates his subject matter is consistently clear, lively, and pleasantly anecdotal. But behind this enjoyable style lies a profound understanding of the interrelationship among semiosis, body, mind, communication, and culture. His books are therefore simultaneously entertaining and thought-provoking; usable by general readers and experts alike
Semiotica - Journal of the International Association for Semiotic Studies / Revue de l'Association Internationale de Sémiotique – de Gruyter
Published: Jan 1, 1992
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