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Date: 09-Dec-2011
From: Julia Ulrich [julia.ulrich at degruyter.com]
Subject: Readings in Zoosemiotics: Maran, Martinelli, Turovski (Eds)

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Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:46:55
From: Julia Ulrich [julia.ulrich at degruyter.com]
Subject: Readings in Zoosemiotics: Maran, Martinelli, Turovski (Eds)

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Title: Readings in Zoosemiotics 
Series Title: Semiotics, Communication and Cognition [SCC] 8  

Publication Year: 2011 
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
	   http://www.degruyter.com/mouton

Book URL: http://www.degruyter.de/cont/fb/sk/detailEn.cfm?id=IS-9783110253207-1 

Editor: Timo Maran
Editor: Dario Martinelli
Editor: Aleksei Turovski

Electronic: ISBN:  9783110253436 Pages: 438 Price: Europe EURO 149.95
Hardback: ISBN:  9783110253207 Pages: 438 Price: Europe EURO 149.95
Paperback: ISBN:  9783110253429 Pages: 740 Price: Europe EURO 39.95

Abstract:

The book is the first annotated reader to focus specifically on the discipline of 
zoosemiotics. Zoosemiotics can be defined today as the study of 
signification, communication and representation within and across animal 
species. The name for the field was proposed in 1963 by the American 
semiotician Thomas A. Sebeok. He also established the framework for the 
paradigm by finding and tightening connections to predecessors, describing 
terminology, developing methodology and setting directions for possible 
future studies.

The volume includes a wide selection of original texts accompanied by 
editorial introductions. An extensive opening introduction discusses the place 
of zoosemiotics among other sciences as well as its inner dimensions; the 
understanding of the concept of communication in zoosemiotics, the heritage 
of biologist Jakob v. Uexküll; contemporary developments in zoosemiotics 
and other issues. Chapter introductions discuss the background of the 
authors and selected texts, as well as other relevant texts.

The selected texts cover a wide range of topics, such as semiotic 
constitution of nature, cognitive capabilities of animals, typology of animal 
expression and many other issues. The roots of zoosemiotics can be traced 
back to the works of David Hume and John Locke. Great emphasis is placed 
on the heritage of Thomas A. Sebeok, and a total of four of his essays are 
included. The Reader also includes influential studies in animal 
communication (honey bee dance language, vervet monkey alarm calls) as 
well as theory elaborations by Gregory Bateson and others. The reader 
concludes with a section dedicated to contemporary research. 

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     History of Linguistics
                     Semiotics

Written In: English  (eng)

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