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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813088903321

Autore

Thibault Paul J

Titolo

Social semiotics as praxis : text, social meaning making, and Nabokov's Ada / / Paul J. Thibault

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1991

ISBN

0-8166-8345-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Theory and history of literature ; ; v. 74

Disciplina

302.2

801

Soggetti

Discourse analysis

Intertextuality

Semiotics - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; I. Introduction; II. Contextualization Dynamics and Insider/Outsider Relations; III. Intertextuality; IV. Subjects, Codes, and Discursive Practice; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Appendix 4; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Focusing on Nabokov's Ada, the author rescues semiotics from terminal formalism by developing a conception of social semiotics that is a form of both social action and political praxis.