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The Semiotics of Culture and Language
Volume 1 : Language as Social Semiotic
The Semiotics of Culture and Language
Volume 1 : Language as Social Semiotic
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Semiotics - the study of the general principles of signs and sign systems – is crucial to an understanding of human nature, both social and psychological. The sign systems that we use for interaction with other living beings determine our potential for thought and social action, and language is central among them. It is the implicit claim of this two-volume work that linguistics has something very specific to give to semiotics, and many would further claim that relational network models of language in particular, i.e. systematic and stratificational linguistics, have a fundamental contribution to make.
Table of Contents
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Foreword
Introduction Robin P. Fawcett, M.A.K. Halliday, Sydney M. Lamb and Adam Makkai
1 Language as Code and Language as Behaviour: A Systemic-Functional Interpretation of the Nature and Ontogenesis of Dialogue M.A.K. Halliday
2 Metaphors of Information John Regan
3 How Universal is a Localist Hypothesis? A Linguistic Contribution to the Study of 'Semantic Styles' of Language Yoshihiko Ikegami
4 Some Speculations on Language Contact in a Wider Setting Jeffrey Ellis
5 Ways of Saying: Ways of Meaning Ruqaiya Hasan
Index
Product details

Published | Dec 17 2015 |
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Format | Ebook (PDF) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 208 |
ISBN | 9781474247139 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
Series | Linguistics: Bloomsbury Academic Collections |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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