The theme of Signifying Acts is that social acts are created by human agents engaging in signifying gestures and elic­iting determined responses--from which flow a number of consequences.

This book introduces and provides commentary on a selection of published and unpublished works by Victoria Welby and exponents of the Signific Movement in the Netherlands.

A fresh assessment of the workings of animal symbolism in diverse cultures. Reconsiders the concept of totemism and exposes common fallacies in symbolic interpretation.

"This book portrays the introduction of the mathematical sign zero as a major signifying event, both within the writing of numbers and as an emblem of parallel events in other sign systems"--Cover.

This book will help you know what you saw and why you saw that. If you are looking for something that will guide you each morning to help you figure out how to interpret your dream from the night before, this is the perfect book for you!

This book explores the belief in ancient Judaism that God embedded hidden signs and visual clues in the natural world that could be read by human beings and interpreted according to complex systems.

... signifies the Word in the letter to which violence has been offered , is , because a vesture signifies truth by reason that it invests good , n . 1073 , 2576 , 5248 , 5319 , 5954 , 9212 , 9216 , 9952 , 10,536 ; that it particularly ...

This broad-ranging text offers a comprehensive outline of how visual images, language and discourse work as `systems of representation'.