About this Book

"The Handbook Semiotics consisting of 4 volumes containing 178 articles written by 175 authors from 25 countries the current state of research in general, descriptive, and applied semiotics. It introduces the reader to systematics and subject matter and gives a comprehensive overview of the historical development of sign conceptions in philosophy, aesthetics, logic, mathematics, grammar, stylistics, poetry, music, architecture, the fine arts, medicine, physics, chemistry, biology, psychology, sociology, economics, religion, and everyday life. Furthermore, the Handbook compares semiotics to other interdisciplinary approaches, and demonstrates its applicability to the analysis of urgent problems of industrial and postindustrial societies." -- BOOK JACKET.