Edited by communications specialist Paul Cobley, this Routledge Companion it has ten introductory essays written by pace-setting figures in the field. These are followed by over 200 A-Z entries which cover: key concepts such as abduction, code, modelling, philology and syntax key individ

Edited by communications specialist Paul Cobley, this Routledge Companion it has ten introductory essays written by pace-setting figures in the field. These are followed by over 200 A-Z entries which cover:

• key concepts such as abduction, code, modelling, philology and syntax
• key individuals: Bakhtin, Chomsky, Peirce, Saussure, Sebeok and others
• key theories and schools, including American structuralism, pragmatism and the Prague School.