Acts of Interpretation: Ancient Religious Semiotic Ideologies and Their Modern Echoes

by Naomi Janowitz and Naomi

Ancient authors debated proper verbal and non-verbal signs as representations of divinity. These understanding of signs were based on ideas drawn from language and thus limited due to a their partial understanding of the multi-functionality of signs. Charles S. Peirce's semiotics, as adapted by anthropological linguists including Michael Silverstein, better explains the contextual linkages ("performativity") of ancient religious signs such as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110768593
• ISBN13: 9783110768596
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"