Estudio de las técnicas narrativas y de los discursos de Ayala. Parte del concepto del signo, hace historia de las investigaciones del relato y trata los problemas que plantea el tiempo narrativo y la enunciación.

This bibliography of semiotic studies covering the years 1975-1985 impressively reveals the world-wide intensification in the field. During this decade, national semiotic societies have been founded allover the world; a great number of international, national, and local semiotic conferences have taken place; the number of periodicals and book series devoted to semiotics has increased as has the number of books and dissertations in the field. This bibliography is the result of a dedicated effort to approach complete coverage.