Floyd Merrell 
A Semiotic Theory of Texts [PDF ebook] 

Frontmatter — List of Propositions — List of Corollaries — List of Definitions — Acknowledgements — Contents — Introduction — PART 1: 'SYMBOL SYSTEMS’ IN TEXTS — PART 2: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS AND 'SUBLANGUAGES’ BEHIND TEXTS — PART 3: HOW WE PERCEIVE TEXTS: STEPS TOWARD AN ALTERNATIVE MODEL — PART 4: TOWARD A FORMAL MODEL OF TEXTS — Postscript — APPENDIX I: Toward a Typology of More-or-Less 'Incommensurable’ Systems — APPENDIX II: Metaphor and Metonymy — APPENDIX III: Catastrophe Theory — References — Index