The Rhetoric of Signs

by Robert Perinbanayagam

Overview

The Rhetoric of Signs is a collection of essays that seeks to integrate the ideas of Charles Sanders Pierce, Mikhail Bakhtin and Kenneth Burke to develop a comprehensive theory of communication. It examines how Piercian semiotics, Bakhtinian dialogism and Burkes dramatism are used jointly in the construction of various genres of speech to achieve successful communication in both everyday interactions and in momentous international relations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781480860803
Publisher:	Archway Publishing
Publication date:	05/04/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	178
File size:	219 KB

About the Author

Robert Perinbanayagam is professor of sociology (emeritus) at Hunter College, City University of New York. He has won the G. H. Mead Award and the C. H. Cooley Award from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction and the award from the theory section of the American Sociological Association.