Warning signs : the semiotics of danger / Marcel Danesi.
| Author/creator | Danesi, Marcel, 1946- author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022. |
| Copyright Date | ©2022 |
| Description | 1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color). |
| Supplemental Content | EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Physical medium | illustration |
| Physical medium | polychrome |
| Series | Bloomsbury advances in semiotics Bloomsbury advances in semiotics. |
| Contents | Perceiving and communicating danger -- Representing and interpreting danger -- The Sebeok report -- Verbal warnings -- Pictorial warnings -- Narrative warnings -- Understanding danger. |
| Abstract | "Warning signs are all around us. In ancient Egypt, tombs were lavishly adorned with signs and symbols warning of the dire consequences that would befall any robbers and thieves. And yet these signs were often read as provocations and challenges. Why was this? And how could we more effectively communicate dangers from our world, such as toxic waste, to future civilizations? This book examines and evaluates the kinds of signs, symbols, narratives and other semiotic strategies humans have used across time to communicate the sense of danger. From paleolithic cave art and ancient monuments to the dangers of nuclear waste, carbon emissions and other pollution, Marcel Danesi explores how danger has been encoded in language, discourse, and symbolism. At the same time, the book puts forward a plan for a more effective 'semiotising' of risk and peril, calling on linguists, semioticians and agencies to face up our collective responsibilities, and work together to more clearly communicate vitally important warnings about the dangers we've left behind to civilizations beyond the semiotic gap"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 11, 2022). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Danesi, Marcel, 1946- Warning signs London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022 9781350178298 |
| LCCN | 2021029893 |
| ISBN | 9781350178335 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1350178330 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 9781350178328 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1350178322 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 9781350178311 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1350178314 (electronic bk.) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |