Language and imaginability /
Language and Imaginability pursues the hypothesis that natural language is fundamentally heterosemiotic, combining as it does the symbolicity of word sounds with the iconicity of motivated signifieds conceived as socially organized mental events. Viewed phenomenologically, language is regarded as an...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2014.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9781443858526 1443858528 1306549485 9781306549486 1443855456 9781443855457 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Language and Imaginability pursues the hypothesis that natural language is fundamentally heterosemiotic, combining as it does the symbolicity of word sounds with the iconicity of motivated signifieds conceived as socially organized mental events. Viewed phenomenologically, language is regarded as an ontically heteronomous construct performed by speakers within the boundaries of sufficient semiosis under the control of the speech community. From both angles, a commitment to some form of inters ... |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Language Note: | English. |
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