How long does it take to read Theory of Semiotics?
Theory of Semiotics by Umberto Eco takes about 6 hours 43 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 43 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1976. 366 pages, about 100,650 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 11 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 43 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"The aim of this book is to explore the theoretical possibility and the social function of a unified approach to every phenomenon of signification and/or communication. Such an approach should take the form of a general semiotic theory, able to explain every case of sign-function in terms of underlying systems of elements mutually correlated by one or more codes."--P. 3.
Subjects: Semiotics, Symbolism
