The organization of biosemiotics and some challenges for academic inquiry

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The organization of biosemiotics and some challenges for academic inquiry. / Emmeche, Claus.

From First to Third via Cybersemiotics.: A Festschrift honoring professor Søren Brier on the occasion of his 60th birthday. ed. / Torkild Thellefsen; Bent Sørensen; Paul Cobley. Frederiksberg : Samfundslitteratur, 2011. p. 349-375.

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Harvard

Emmeche, C 2011, The organization of biosemiotics and some challenges for academic inquiry. in T Thellefsen, B Sørensen & P Cobley (eds), From First to Third via Cybersemiotics.: A Festschrift honoring professor Søren Brier on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Samfundslitteratur, Frederiksberg, pp. 349-375. <http://www.nbi.dk/~emmeche/cePubl/2011a-BrierFestschrift.pdf>

APA

Emmeche, C. (2011). The organization of biosemiotics and some challenges for academic inquiry. In T. Thellefsen, B. Sørensen, & P. Cobley (Eds.), From First to Third via Cybersemiotics.: A Festschrift honoring professor Søren Brier on the occasion of his 60th birthday (pp. 349-375). Samfundslitteratur. http://www.nbi.dk/~emmeche/cePubl/2011a-BrierFestschrift.pdf

Vancouver

Emmeche C. The organization of biosemiotics and some challenges for academic inquiry. In Thellefsen T, Sørensen B, Cobley P, editors, From First to Third via Cybersemiotics.: A Festschrift honoring professor Søren Brier on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Frederiksberg: Samfundslitteratur. 2011. p. 349-375

Author

Emmeche, Claus. / The organization of biosemiotics and some challenges for academic inquiry. From First to Third via Cybersemiotics.: A Festschrift honoring professor Søren Brier on the occasion of his 60th birthday. editor / Torkild Thellefsen ; Bent Sørensen ; Paul Cobley. Frederiksberg : Samfundslitteratur, 2011. pp. 349-375

Bibtex

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