On the Quest for a Coherent and Unitary Theory for the Interdisciplinary Field of Communication Studies
The field of communication studies is an extremely various one, this diversity being generated by each and every science which deals in a specific manner with the object of communication or of language in itself. However, there are great efforts nowadays to build or to identify a coherent and unitary theory (or even a paradigm) in order to guide, in a transdisciplinary way, the sciences of such a vast domain. One of the relevant proposals in this regard, coming from Ioan S. Cârâc, is that of considering semiotics as a transdisciplinary method, or of taking as a paradigm Eugenio Coseriu’s integral linguistics.
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