The Machinery of Talk: Charles Peirce and the Sign Hypothesis

by Anne Freadman

Book Overview

This radical re-evaluation of some standard debates surrounding Peirce's theory of signs presents new interpretations of his work by studying his writings genealogically. Freadman uses the term genre to access Peirce's work, and expands this original theoretical approach by proposing that "genre" interacts with "sign" and that this interaction is central to the study of the semiotic in general.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804747393
• ISBN13: 9780804747394
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"