Using this book. Part I Semiosis, communication and language: introduction, Paul Cobley; nonverbal communication, Thomas A. Sebeok; Charles Sanders Peirce's concept of the sign, Floyd Merrell; the origins of language, William C. Stokoe; language and the ecology of the mind, Ray Jackendoff; sociolinguistics and social semiotics; pragmatics, Jef Verschueren; language change, Jean Aitchison; the Chomskyan revolutions, Raphael Salkie; linguistics after Saussure, Roy Harris; discourse, Nikolas Coupland and Adam Jaworski. Part II Key themes and major figures in semiotics and linguistics.
