In order to discuss the research goals of information science (IS), both its logical and its specific nature must be determined. Peircean logical analysis shows that IS may be classified in three parts: pure science, applied science, and technology. The deficiency in the present state of the art is in the pure science, or theoretical portion, of…

The quality of redundancy in language usage can be examined to determine its effect on communication efficiency. Semiotic redundancy, defined as the quantity of prolixity between semantic and pragmatic information, has the potential of reducing equivocation and error and, at the optimal level, provides maximum communication efficiency. Thus,…

This article discusses methods of teaching literature. A method that derives from the hermeneutic-dialectic school of metascience is outlined, in which the researcher attempts a dialogue with the researched, the goal being mutual and self-understanding. This approach is contrasted with the logical-empirical approach. (CLK)

Analyzes Saussure's theory of language as social event and subsequent divergent opinions put forth by contemporary linguists. (AM)

Elaborates on a theory of "mixed syntax" in oral communication, that is, a syntactic chain incorporating both verbal and nonverbal elements. (AM)

Criticizes R. Scholes' application of French semiotics, clarifies C. Peirce's and F. Saussure's concepts of semiotics as applied to cultural semiotics, examines the Internal Field of Reference, and asserts an interpretive relationship between cultural text and episteme. Discusses intertextuality and concludes great implications for literary study…

Contains (1) A Comment on "Protocols, Retrospective Reports, and the Stream of Consciousness" (Victor J. Vitanza); (2) "Erwin R. Steinberg Responds"; (3) A Comment on "Intertextuality and the Cultural Text in Recent Semiotics" (Stephen Kogan); and (4) Two Comments on "College English" (Kenneth E. Eble, Jean…

Semiotics, the theory of signs and symbols and their function in languages, is described with reference to its history, theoretical branches of study, scope, and uses. (MSE)

Conclusion of an article begun in Linguistik und Didaktik,'' v3 n12. (RS)

Discusses lexicographic theory, various problems and models behind dictionary construction, and the role of the "cultural dictionary." (AM)

Analyzes some of the most frequent deceptive interactions as rendered through case histories of male con artists and their victims taken from police records. Discusses the recurrent elements in both the con-games strategies and victims' way of interpreting those strategies. (JMF)

Discusses the messages found in comic strip dialogue, the correlations between the messages and the images and the semiotic value of the whole. (Text is in French.) (TL)

Examines how the repressed feminine principle affects the four major discourses in Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose." Discusses the historical relationship between the masculine and the feminine in language and religion. Uses that historical frame to guide a close textual analysis of dialectical interplay between the masculine and the…

Discusses the isolation of the field of communications from other disciplines and the inattention of communications to the increasing convergence on information and communication in other disciplines. Maps the convergence by surveying the authors commonly cited in the fields of cognitive science, humanities, and semiotics. (MS)