French social theory
concepts
cultural theory
schools and theoretical approaches
Semiology has its modern origins in the linguistic theory of Ferdinand de Saussure, especially in the various versions of his Cours de Linguistique Générale [Course in General Linguistics] ([1916] 1971). Some of the basic principles expounded by Saussure are also discussed by classical writers such as Plato and Aristotle, although neither of these thinkers explicitly set out to develop a science of semiology as such. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Theory; Semiology]
semiology
semiotics