Does Biosemiotics Need a Theory of Reading? Paul Cobley Central to biosemiotics is the process of interpretation, which takes place across all species of life. General semiotics has been enlivened by the concept of ‘the text’ and the concomitant act of ‘reading’ (Lotman 1964), with interpretation embedded in it. The term ‘reading’ clearly invokes a…

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Preliminary Connections with Semiotics in Linguistic Anthropology As a newcomer to the field of Biosemiotics, I find the Biosemiotics Glossary Project a fascinating example of intentional interdisciplinary and intercultural communication.  Linguists within anthropology have long worked on language contact, i.e. the emergence, maintenance, and evolution of new registers within their cultural contexts. The building of…

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