Signs, Symbols and Ciphers: Decoding the Message

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How does a sign represent something other than itself How do we understand the meaning of a written symbol Can clothes be a sign Can sounds Signs and symbols represent ideas and objects and, over time, these marks and gestures have multiplied into a complex network of images. This handy pocket-book combines scholarship, documentary evidence and fantastic illustrations to provide the story of how we have interacted with signs and symbols across the ages.

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Georges Jean (1920 - 2011) was a French poet and essayist specializing in the field of linguistics, poetry and the philosophy of semiology.