title: Of Cigarettes, High Heels, and Other Interesting Things: An Introduction to Semiotics (Semaphores and Signs)
author:  Marcel Danesi 
description: Marcel Danesi is Professor and Director of the Program in Semiotics and Communication Theory at the University of Toronto. He is the author of many books, including <i>Increase Your Puzzle</i> and <i>Cool: The Signs and Meanings of Adolescence</i>.
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  **Charles S. Peirce’s**
  
  
  **Philosophy of Signs**
  
  
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  **Advances in Semiotics**
  
  
  Thomas A. Sebeok, _General Editor_
  
  
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  _Charles S. Peirce’s_
  
  
  _Philosophy of Signs_
  
  
  ESSAYS IN
  
  
  COMPARATIVE SEMIOTICS
  
  
  Gérard Deledalle
  
  
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