SEMIOTICS

Knowing and comprehending the fundamental structure of semiotic processes; acquiring a general view of different theoretical approaches.

Presentation of different schools in general and applied semiotics. Semiotic processes in the perspective of communication. Comparison with the semiosis of human verbal language.

V. Pisanty and A. Zijno, Semiotica, McGraw-Hill, Milano 2009, 350 pp.

E. Fadda, Piccolo corso di semiotica, Bonanno, Acireale-Roma, II^a ed. 2004, 120 pp.

T. De Mauro, Minisemantica, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2000 (V^a ed.), 200 pp.

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