Il segno
by Umberto Eco
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El gran interés que la filosofía ha manifestado por el lenguaje durante el siglo XX, junto con el considerable desarrollo de la lingüística en esta época, ha tenido entre otras consecuencias la de subrayar los caracteres genéricos del lenguaje en cuanto sistema de signos, dando lugar al estudio particular de estos últimos, que es el cometido de la semiótica.
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Umberto Eco was born in Alessandria, Italy on January 5, 1932. He received a doctorate of philosophy from the University of Turin in 1954. His first book, Il Problema Estetico in San Tommaso, was an extension of his doctoral thesis on St. Thomas Aquinas and was published in 1956. His first novel, The Name of the Rose, was published in 1980 and won show more the Premio Strega and the Premio Anghiar awards in 1981. In 1986, it was adapted into a movie starring Sean Connery. His other works include Foucault's Pendulum, The Island of the Day Before, Baudolino, The Prague Cemetery, and Numero Zero. He also wrote children's books and more than 20 nonfiction books including Serendipities: Language and Lunacy. He taught philosophy and then semiotics at the University of Bologna. He also wrote weekly columns on popular culture and politics for L'Espresso. He died from cancer on February 19, 2016 at the age of 84. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Zeichen : Einführung in einen Begriff und seine Geschichte
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