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Communication consists of elements which we can analyze in terms of a continuum from context through meaning, grammar and code. An act of communication has been successful when the intentions of the sender are understood by the receiver.
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Eco, Umberto, Introduction to the Theory of Semiotics, Bloomington: University of Indiana Press, 1976. A key text on semiotics which sets out in great detail the advanced concept of signs and links it to linguistic and literary theory.
Jervis, Robert, The Logic of Images in International Relations, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1970. An interesting application of the semiotic approach to international affairs. Jervis uses a structure similar to that in this text.
Levi-Strauss, Claude, Structural Anthropology, New York: Basic Books, 1962. The pioneering work of structuralism which sets out the background for an analysis of the relationships among signs as applied to anthropological cases.
Morris, Charles, Signs and Signification, Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press, 1964. A seminal text by the pioneer of semiotics. Easy to read and includes interesting sections on the semiotics of art and of values.
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Liebenau, J., Backhouse, J. (1990). Introduction to semiotics. In: Understanding Information. Macmillan Information Systems Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11948-6_2
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