Sight, sound, and sense

1. Historiography: Toward The Origin Of Semiotic / John N. Deely -- Peirce's General Theory Of Signs / Max H. Fisch -- 2. Methodology: Semiotics: A Discipline Or An Interdisciplinary Method? / Umberto Eco -- The Contiguity Illusion / Décio Pignatari -- Communication Vs. Semiosis: Two Conceptions Of Semiotics / Alain Rey -- 3. Nonverbal Communication: Affective And Symbolic Meaning: Some Zoosemiotic Speculations / Peter Marler -- Facial Signs: Facts, Fantasies, And Possibilities / Paul Ekman -- Sign Languages And The Verbal/nonverbal Distinction / William C. Stokoe -- 4. Applications: Verbal Patterns And Medical Disease: Prophylactic Implications Of Learning / Harley C. Shands -- For A Semiotic Anthropology / Milton Singer -- A Semiotic Approach To Religion / Boris Ogibenin -- A Semiotic Approach To Nonsense: Clowns And Limericks / Paul Bouissac; With Appendix By Ivan Karp -- On Semiotic Aspects Of Translation / Bogusław P. Lawendowski. Edited By Thomas A. Sebeok. Includes Bibliographies And Index.