The Semiotics of Fortune-telling
Published on 1. January 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
216 pages
978-1-55619-091-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents a semiotic analysis of the linguistic and extralinguistic elements of fortune-telling as part of a larger pragmatic-oriented theory of human communication. The material was collected in Israel, in Hebrew, and parallels are made with other languages and cultures. The analysis is based on dynamic relativism of the multidimensional, transcendental, holistic process of human communication.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam/Philadelphia
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 160 mm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55619-091-9 (9781556190919)
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Content
1. Introduction; 2. Chapter 1: Fortune-Telling as a Semiotic System; 3. Chapter 2: The Language of Fortune-Telling; 4. Chapter 3: Image Building and Establishing Credibility; 5. Chapter 4: A Contrastive Analysis of Astrology and Horoscopes; 6. Chapter 5: The Visual and the Textual in Cartomancy; 7. Chapter 6: Fortune-Telling in Literature; 8. Concluding Remarks: Motivation, Imagination and Magic; 9. List of Tables and Figures; 10. References; 11. Index