"Handbook of Semiotics" by Winfried Nöth

This is the most systematic discussion of semiotics. This book covers the field of semiotics from Aesthetics to Zoosemiotics. Organized in eight parts, it contains sixty-five encyclopedic articles, a consolidated bibliography of almost 3,000 titles, an index of names, and an index of terms.

This handbook is an outstanding encyclopedia that provides first-rate information on many facets of sign-related studies, research results, and applications.

The book is a remarkable survey of the incredibly broad field of semiotics. For those who desire a comprehensive survey of this diverse field.

This English-language edition is the enlarged and completely revised version of a work by Winfried Nöth originally published as "Handbuch der Semiotik" in 1985 by J.B. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung

CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction
I. History and Classics of Modern Semiotics
History of Semiotics
Peirce
Morris
Saussure
Hjelmslev
Jakobson
II. Sign and Meaning
Sign
Meaning, Sense, and Reference
Semantics and Semiotics
Typology of Signs: Sign, Signal, Index
Symbol
Icon and Iconicity
Metaphor
Information
III. Semiosis, Code, and the Semiotic Field
Zoosemiotics, Ethology, and Semiogenesis
Communication and Semiosis
Function
Magic
Structure
System
Code
Teaching
IV. Language and LanguageBased
Codes
Verbal Communication: Introduction
Language in a Semiotic Frame
Arbitrariness and Motivation: The Language Sign
Paralanguage
Writing
Universal Language
Sign Language
Language Substitutes
V. From Structuralism to Text Semiotics: Schools and Major Figures
Introduction
Structuralism, Poststructuralism, and Neostructuralism
Russian Formalism, Prague School, Soviet Semiotics
Barthes's Text Semiotics
Greimas's Structural Semantics and Text Semiotic Project
Kristeva's Semanalysis
Eco
VI. Text Semiotics: The Field
Text Semiotics: Introduction
Hermeneutics and Exegesis
Rhetoric and Stylistics
Literature
Poetry and Poeticalness
Theater and Drama
Narrative
Myth
Ideology
Theology
VII. Nonverbal Communication
Nonverbal Communication: Introduction
Gesture, "Body Language," and Kinesics
Facial Signals
Gaze
Tactile Communication
Proxemics: The Semiotics of Space
Chronemics: The Semiotics of Time
VIII. Aesthetics and Visual Communication
Aesthetics
Music
Architecture
Objects
Image
Painting
Photography
Film
Comics
Advertising
Bibliography
Index of Subjects and Terms
Index of Names