Semiotics 1981

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Theoretical and Methodological Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Figurative Versus Objective Semiotics: An Epistemological Crossroads

      • Paul Bouissac

      Pages 3-12

   3. Hypersemiosis: Mixed Metaphors as Semiotic Overloading

      • Jean-Claude Choul

      Pages 13-20

   4. Cognition from a Semiotic Point of View

      • John N. Deely

      Pages 21-28

   5. Icon and Symbol: A Reappraisal of the Resemblance Debate

      • Michael J. Giordano

      Pages 29-37

   6. Précis of Merleau-Ponty on Metajournalism

      • Richard L. Lanigan

      Pages 39-48

   7. “Worldliness” and the Analytic Truth

      • Alice Newberry

      Pages 49-57

   8. The Rheme/Dicent/Argument Distinction

      • Joseph Ransdell

      Pages 59-72

   9. The Sign Status of Specular Reflections

      • Kim Smith

      Pages 73-81

   10. Semiotic Phenomenology and Peirce

       • Patrick Sullivan

       Pages 83-93

3. Semiotics of Communication

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95

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   2. Contexts for Language Learning: Semiotic Perspectives

      • Robert F. Carey

      Pages 97-106

   3. The Semiotic Function of Audience

      • Kristin M. Langellier

      Pages 107-116

4. Approaches to Gesture

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117

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   2. Exophoric Reference as an Interactiove Resource

      • Charles Goodwin

      Pages 119-128

   3. Searching for a Word as an Interactive Activity

      • Marjorie Harness Goodwin

      Pages 129-137

   4. Sly Moves: A Semiotic Analysis of Movement in Marshallese Culture

      • Laurence Marshall Carucci

      Pages 139-151

   5. The Study of Gesture: Some Remarks on its History

      • Adam Kendon

      Pages 153-164

5. Neglected Figures in the History of Semiotics Inquiry

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165

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This volume differs from the volume, Semiotics 1980, in that it is no longer an experimental product, but the result of a permanent commitment of the Semiotic Society of America to publish each year henceforward those papers presented at its Annual Meeting which are submitted to the Secretariat in timely and proper form. Thus Semiotics 1981 marks the beginning, following upon the experimental Semiotics 1980 volume, of an indefinite series of volumes presenting the cross-fertilization of styles, topics, methodologies, and traditions "in which new ideas vie for survival and experiment is at a premium." It is this cross­ fertilization which is at the heart of the vitality and integration and redistribution of the world of knowledge. The historical value of such a record is obvious. But the more immediate objective of these volumes of annual proceedings is to promote participation in the work of "semioticizing" traditional perspectives and disciplines by providing a forum in which young scholars can meet regularly and find an outlet for their efforts at interdisciplinary thinking which are not always welcome in the journals and proceedings devoted to the promotion only of traditionally specialized perspectives.

• cross-fertilization
• integration
• interdisciplinary
• knowledge
• linguistics
• media
• semiotics
• tradition

• Loras College, Dubuque, USA

  John N. Deely

• Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

  Margot D. Lenhart

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