Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- People -- A Life's Pursuit / Ekman, Paul -- A Semiotician in Disguise: Semiotic Aspects of the Work of Viggo Brøndal / Larsen, Svend Erik -- Eric Buyssens's Les langages et le discours: A Functional Analysis of Man's Use of Signs / Swiggers, Pierre -- Places -- Semiotics in Argentina / Magariños de Morentin, Juan A. -- Semiotics in Austria / Bernard, Jeff -- Semiotics in Belgium / Helbo, André -- Semiotics in Canada I / Bouissac, Paul -- Semiotics in Norway: Signs of Life on the Fjords / Gorlée, Dinda L. -- Semiotics in Poland / Buczynska-Garewicz, Hanna -- Semiotics in Spain / Carrascal, Anna / Romera, José -- Semiotics in Uruguay: A Very Brief Report for a Very Brief History / Block de Behar, Lisa -- Topics -- Semiotics and Popular Culture / Berger, Arthur Asa -- Semiotics and Education – Strands in the Web / Cunningham, Donald J. -- Semiotics and Nursing / Donnelly, Eleanor -- Semiotic Tools for the Study of Organizational Cultures / Gahmberg, Henrik -- Basic Concepts of Studies in Musical Signification: A Report on a New International Research Project in Semiotics of Music / Tarasti, Eero -- Research and Teaching Projects -- International Semiotic Exchanges: The UCSD Semiotic Research Project and the Groupe de Recherches Sémiolinguistiques / Cohen, Alain J.-J. -- Semiotics and the Social Sciences: The UCSD Semiotics Research Project / Jules-Rosette, Bennetta -- Semiotic Studies in Bologna: A Report / Proni, Giampaolo -- Semiotic Studies at the Université du Québec à Montréal / Thérien, Gilles -- Associations -- The Semiotic Circle of California / Rauch, Irmengard -- The International Association for Semiotic Studies: A View of its Past, Present, and Future / Withalm, Gloria -- Asociación Española de Semiótica / Yllera, Alicia -- Meetings -- Fourth International Congress of the International Association for Semiotic Studies / Deledalle, Gérard -- The Postmodern Summer Session: A Report on ISISSS '86 / Gavrila, Jr -- The First Round Table on Law and Semiotics: A Survey of the Council with Predictive Speculations / Kevelson, Roberta -- International Symposium on the Foundations of Semiotics at Perpignan, March 1986 / Réthoré, Joëlle -- Semiotics at the Popular Culture Association Annual Meeting / Seaton, Beverly -- Publications -- A History of Degrés / Helbo, André -- The Mouton d'Or Award / Sebeok, Thomas A. -- Index of Subjectsweiterlesen