Frontmatter -- People -- Umberto Eco: An Intellectual Biography / Proni, Giampaolo -- Algirdas J. Greimas: An Intellectual Biography / Rector, Monica -- Lacan and Semiosis / Chaitin, Gilbert -- Semiotic Aspects of the Work of Jurij Michajlovic Lotman / Shukman, Ann -- Victoria Lady Welby and Signifies: An Interview with H.W. Schmitz / Petrilli, Susan -- Masao Yamaguchi: A Hermes- Harlequin in the Field of Semiotics / Imafuku, Ryuta -- Places -- Semiotics in Australia / Threadgold, Terry -- Semiotics in Canada II / Bouissac, Paul -- Semiotics in the People's Republic of China / Li, You-Zheng -- Semiotics in India / Srivastava, R. N. / Kapoor, K. -- Semiotics in Mexico / Garza Cuarón, Beatriz -- Topics -- Semiotics and Ideology / Armstrong, Nancy -- Semiotics of Theater / Carlson, Marvin -- Semiotics and Ethnomethodology / Flynn, Pierce Julius -- Semiotics and Archaeology / Gardin, Jean-Claude -- Architectural, Design, and Space Semiotics in Argentina / Guerri, Claudia -- Recent Perspectives on Music Semiotics / Hatten, Robert S. / Henrotte, Gayle A. -- Urban and Regional Semiotics: A Multidisciplinary Discussion / Lagopoulos, Alexandros-Ph. -- Semiotics and Computers: The Advent of Semiotronics? / Maranda, Pierre -- Contributions to the Semiotics of Marketing and Consumer Behavior 1985-88 / Mick, David Glen -- The Semiotics of Folkloric Performance / Stoeltje, Beverly J. / Bauman, Richard -- Research in Semiotics of Culture / Portis Winner, Irene -- Organizations -- The Activities and Goals of the British Neo-Formalist Circle / Andrew, Joe -- The Centro Comasco di Semiotica / Arlandi, Gian Franco -- Report on the Semiotics and Artificial Intelligence Workshop (Paris, France) / Arnold, Madeleine -- Meetings -- Report on the Semiotics, Psychiatry, and Psychoanalysis Conference / Baer, Eugen -- Semiotics of the Sexes: A Report on the Sixth Symposium of the Austrian Association for Semiotics / Bernard, Jeff / Gürtler, Christa / Jutz, Gabriele / Petschar, Hans / Schmid-Bortenschlager, Sigrid / Tanzmeister, Robert / Withalm, Gloria -- Report on the Third International Colloquium on Legal Semiotics / Carzo, Domenico / Morabito, Glauco -- The Second International Congress of Latin American Semiotics / Escudero, Lucrecia E. -- Report on the Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Semiotic Society of America / Prewitt, Terry J. -- Semiotics in the North-the Tartu School Continued in Finland / Tarasti, Eero -- Report on the Essen Convention of the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Semiotik / Vogel, Susan -- Report on ISISSS '87 / Weir, Lorraine -- Opening Dialogue between the Discipline of History and Semiotics /