Mimicry and meaning : structure and semiotics of biological mimicry
The present book analyses critically the tripartite mimicry model (consisting of the mimic, model and receiver species) and develops semiotic tools for comparative analysis. It is proposed that mimicry has a double structure where sign relations in communication are in constant interplay with ecolog...
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| Main Author | |
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Cham, Switzerland :
Springer,
[2017]
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| Series | Biosemiotics ;
v. 16. |
| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9783319503172 9783319503158 |
| ISSN | 1875-4651 ; 1875-466X |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- 1 Biosemiotics of mimicry: introductory notes
- 2 First excursion: the history of the mimicry concept
- 3 The structure of mimicry
- 4 Semiotics of mimicry
- 5 Iconicity and mimicry
- 6 Second excursion: importance of the object
- 7 Different perspectives in mimicry system
- 8 Modelling mimicry.-9 Mimicry and semiotic evolution
- 10 Third excursion: an epistemology of the uncertain
- 11 From abstract mimicry to ecological codes
- 12 Conclusions.