{"product_id":"systemic-semiotics-piotr-sadowski-9781350240667","title":"Systemic Semiotics: A Deductive Study of Communication and Meaning","description":"Against the background of often esoteric literature in semiotics, this book offers a fresh and rigorous new interpretation of how to approach the study of communication, signs and meaning. Grounded in a deductive theory of interacting systems, Piotr Sadowski's book provides an accessible account of the hierarchy of communication.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDivided into two parts, this book argues in the first section that a deductive semiotic theory generates communication situations of increasing complexity, from contiguous communication to indirect, referential forms based on indexical, iconic, and symbolic signs. Within this system, Sadowski explains how key concepts of the semiotic model such as information, parainformation and metainformation can account for degrees of cognitive complexity of communication processes, including the perception and interpretation of signs on literal and figurative levels. After this clear, step-by-step exposition of the theory of interacting systems, \u003ci\u003eSystemic Semiotics\u003c\/i\u003e then explores various applications of this theory, providing new insights into problems subsumed under communication studies, cultural theory, literary and film studies, and psychology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Piotr Sadowski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350240664\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350240667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d","brand":"Piotr Sadowski","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44071402045695,"sku":"9781350240667","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_35488fd6-787b-4dca-a826-3efb436097f2.jpg?v=1685435883","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/systemic-semiotics-piotr-sadowski-9781350240667","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}