Prcface Acknowledgements Introduction 0.1 The State of AffairS 0f ESLEEL Writing 0.1.1 The Definitions of ESLEFL Writln2 0.1.2 Background to This Research 0.1.3 Studies in Europe and America 0.1.4 Studies in China 0.2 Summary 0.3 The Problems of ESLEEL Composition Studies 0.4 0bjectives and Research Questions of This Study 0.5 Methodology and Significance of This Study 0.6 0utline of This Book Chapter 1 The Nature and Development of Semiotics 1.1 The Nature of Semiotics 1.2 Research by Western Scholars 1.3 Research by Chinese Scholars 1.3.1 Studies of Linguistic Semiotics 1.3.2 The Application of Studies of Semiotics 1.4 Summary Chapter 2 Different Semiotic Schools and Key Semiotic Concepts 2.1 Structural Semiotics and Key Concepts 2.1.1 Signifier and Signified 2.1.2 Syntagmatic and Paradigmatic Relations 2.2 Interpretative Semiotics and Some Key Concepts 2.2.1 Semiosis 2.2.2 Sign, Object and Interpretant 2.2.3 Indexical, Iconic and Symbolic Signs 2.3 Social Semiotics and Some Key Concepts 2.3.1 Code, Encode and Decode 2.3.2 Mode of Locating a Text 2.4 Cultural Semiotics and Some Key Concepts 2.4.1 Connotation, Denotation and Myth 2.4.2 Semiosphere 2.5 Summary Chapter 3 Semiotics, Rhetoric and Composition-Rhetoric 3.1 Semiotics and Language 3.2 Semiotics and Rhetoric 3.2.1 The Triangle of Rhetoric 3.2.2 The Relationship Between Semiotics and Rhetoric 3.3 Semiotics and Composition-Rhetoric 3.3.1 The Basic Elements of Classical Rhetoric 3.3.2 Composition-Rhetoric and Multimodality 3.3.3 Interdisciplinary Composition-Rhetoric 3.4 Summary Chapter 4 Codes and Composition-Rhetoric 4.1 Code and Sign 4.2 Kinds of Code 4.3 Code and Text 4.4 Codes in Composition-Rhetoric 4.4.1 Context 4.4.2 Rhetorical Situation 4.4.3 Strategies for Writing 4.4.4 Textual Structures 4.4.5 Text Features/100 4.4.6 Figurative Language …… Chapter 5 Semiotics,Rhetorie and Text Chapter 6 The Semiotic Analysis of Composition-Rhetoric Chapter 7 Cultural Semiotic Analysis of Composition-Rhetorie Conclusion Works Cited