A hundred introductions to semiotics, for a million students: Survey of semiotics textbooks and primers in the world

Abstract

Abstract. In order to estimate the current situation of teaching materials available in the of introductions and textbooks on general semiotics published within last 50 years, i.e. since the beginning of institutionalization of semiotics. In this category, we have found over 130 original books in 22 languages. Together with the translations of more than 20 of these titles, our bibliography includes publications in 32 languages. Comparing the authors, their theoretical backgrounds and the general frames of the discipline of semiotics in diff erent decades since the 1960s makes it possible to describe a number of predominant tendencies. In the extensive bibliography thus compiled we also include separate lists for existing lexicons and readers of semiotics as additional material not covered in the main discussion. Th e publication frequency of new titles is growing, with a certain depression having occurred in the 1980s. A leading role of French, Russian and Italian works is demonstrated. fi eld of semiotics, we are providing a comparative overview and a worldwide bibliography 282 Kalevi Kull et al.

Semiótica e memética

“…Sobre o campo da semiótica de Peirce, no limite, a escola pode analisar todo e qualquer fenômeno. A título de estimar a dimensão dos estudos semióticos no mundo, para Kull et al (2015), há 130 livros publicados em 32 línguas no período dos últimos 50 anos. Esta pesquisa, ainda que interessante, já se mostra muito parcial, principalmente se tomarmos em conta que apenas uma autora brasileira, ainda que a maior referência na área, Lucia Santaella, publicou nos últimos 40 anos, mais de 50 livros e mais de 200 artigos sobre semiótica e suas inter-relações teóricas.…”