{"product_id":"signs-in-society-9780253327574","title":"Signs in Society","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow semiotic theory can illuminate highly complex social and cultural practices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I Foundations of Peircean Semiotics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1\u003cbr\u003ePeirce Divested for Nonintimates\u003cbr\u003eSign, Object, and Interpretant\u003cbr\u003eSymbols and Legisigns\u003cbr\u003eLanguage and Logic\u003cbr\u003eThe Trichotomies\u003cbr\u003eScientific Knowledge and Cultural Belief\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2\u003cbr\u003ePeirce's Concept of Semiotic Mediation\u003cbr\u003eThe Fundamental Model of Semiotic Mediation\u003cbr\u003eSemiotic Mediation and the Correlates of the Sign\u003cbr\u003eThirdness as Mediation\u003cbr\u003eSign as Medium of Communication\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II Signs in Ethnographic Context\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3\u003cbr\u003eTransactional Symbolism in Belauan Mortuary Rites\u003cbr\u003eResponses to Death\u003cbr\u003eInitial Funeral Transactions\u003cbr\u003eBurial Practices\u003cbr\u003eFinal Transactions\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4\u003cbr\u003eThe Political Function of Reported Speech\u003cbr\u003eAuthoritative Speech\u003cbr\u003eEthnographic Context\u003cbr\u003eNgiraklang's Speech to the Council\u003cbr\u003eMetapragmatic Elements in the Speech\u003cbr\u003eTextual Pragmatics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart III Comparative Perspectives on Complex Semiotic Processes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5\u003cbr\u003eTropical Semiotics\u003cbr\u003eLevels of Semiosis\u003cbr\u003eCollectivizing and Differentiating Sybolization\u003cbr\u003eConvention and Innateness\u003cbr\u003eObviational Exchange\u003cbr\u003eTropes and Narrative\u003cbr\u003eFoi Cultural Semiotics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6\u003cbr\u003eThe Semiotic Regimentation of Social Life\u003cbr\u003eSocial Action and Semiotic Text\u003cbr\u003eContent and Type in Ritual Performativity\u003cbr\u003eInstitutional Regimentation of Touristic Experience\u003cbr\u003eIdeological Regimentation in Advertising\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart IV Social Theory and Social Action\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7\u003cbr\u003eComparison, Pragmatic, and Interpretation\u003cbr\u003eModels and Strategies of Comparison\u003cbr\u003eComparative Philosophy of Religion as a Discipline\u003cbr\u003eComparison and Interpretation as Practical Reason\u003cbr\u003eDirections for Future Research\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8\u003cbr\u003eNaturalization of Convention\u003cbr\u003eArbitrariness and Motivation\u003cbr\u003eNaturalization in Social Theory\u003cbr\u003eNaturalization and Conventionalization in Social Reality\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400672944471,"sku":"9780253327574","price":40.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253327574.jpg?v=1730471260","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/signs-in-society-9780253327574","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}