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MORPHOGENESIS OF MEANING
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| By: |
Jean Petitot, Franson Manjali (Trans) |
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Paperback |
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£62.90 |
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| ISBN 10: |
3039101048 |
| ISBN 13: |
9783039101047 |
| Publisher: |
VERLAG PETER LANG |
| Pub. date: |
1 December, 2003 |
| Series: |
European Semiotics/Semiotiques Europeennes 3 |
| Pages: |
290 |
| Synopsis: |
The original French version of « Morphogenesis of Meaning was one of the improtant break-throughs in cognitive semiolinguistic during the eighties. It provided a deep philosophical elaboration of Rene Thom's Catastrophe Theory and exerted great influence on the main semiolinguistic schools in the world. Translated by Franson Manjali and revised with his help, the present English version focuses on dynamical modeling perspectives, the mathematical content of the models, and epistemologically foundational issues. The central problem dealt with is that of structure. Topological and dynamical models of morphogenesis are applied to structuralist theories such as phonology and categorical perception (Roman Jakobson), structural syntax and geometrical interpretation of case grammars (Lucien Tesniere, Louis Hjelmslev), narrative structures (Vladimir Propp, Claude Levi-Strauss, Algirdas J. Greimas) as well as semiogenesis. It can be seen that there exists a theoretical convergence between many trends in American cognitive linguistics (Charles Fillmore, Len Talmy, Ron Langacker, George lakoff) and the dynamical modeling perspective which were developped in the context of European structuralism. |
| Illustrations: |
ill. |
| Publication: |
Switzerland |
| Imprint: |
Verlag Peter Lang |
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Returnable |
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