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Volume 3, Number 1
Dedicated
to the Memory of Thomas Sebeok
In the Introduction to the current issue, editor Linda Rogers writes
of Sebeok:
This journal edition is dedicated
to the recognition of the work and influence in General and Applied
semiotics of Thomas Sebeok, Professor Emeritus at Indiana University—one
of the central figures in any discussion of modern semiotics. ...
I decided to not attempt to
reconstruct a litany of his achievements. Although he was a scholar in
every sense of that word, I believe that he was more than his
scholarly achievements. In the fine sense that everything changes,
reflecting upon the death of a man who was so lively and who was
responsible for bringing together people working in cross-disciplinary
endeavors and engaging them to work together and with each other in
the expansion and exploration of meaning, it is almost a fallacy to
speak of the death of a man whose work will continue to represent him
and to intrigue and challenge scholarship.
Nevertheless, he will not be at
meetings, he will not be personally soliciting manuscripts for his
projects, and I will not be receiving almost instantaneous replies to
my emails, almost any time of day or night on any continent. I will
miss him, so will all his family and his friends, and I am sorry new
people entering the field will not have an opportunity to meet him
personally.
The volume ends with a book review of
Sebeok’s last book, The Swiss Pioneer in Nonverbal Communication
Studies: Heini Hediger (1908-1992), reviewed by François V.
Tochon.
The pieces in this issue present work
from both a theoretical and applied base. The pieces come out of
diverse traditions, such as, literature, languages, mathematics, and
psychology. As diverse as are the disciplines of the authors, the
research and analysis presented also reflect a rich and broad
synthesis.
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