Encyclopedic Dictionary of Semiotics

by Thomas Albert Sebeok (Editor)

The Encyclopedic Dictionary of Semiotics has been compiled by an international editorial board with the aim of advancing the discipline by providing a unified methodology and a unified objective in the field of semiotic studies. It is a valuable reference book for scholars of semiotics and those interested in semiotic approaches to their own particular field of study.

1179 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1986

About the author

Thomas Albert Sebeok or Sebők was a prominent linguist and semiotician, and editor-in-chief of the leading periodical in the field, Semiotica, from its 1969 founding until 2001. He earned his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1945. He is counted among the originators of the field of biosemiotics, and was highly influential in the study of non-human signaling and communication systems.

Sebeok was survived by his wife (and frequent co-author), Jean Umiker-Sebeok