Biosemiotic perspectives on language and linguistics. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ekaterina Velmezova, Kalevi Kull, Stephen J. Cowley, editors.
• Editors: Velʹmezova, E. V (Ekaterina Valerʹevna); Kull, Kalevi; Cowley, Stephen J (Stephen John), 1955-
• Contents: Language, Linguistics: Life, Biosemiotics ... ; Per aspera ... ; ... (per historiam) ... ; From Biology to Linguistics; From Linguistics to Biology; ... ad astra; References; Part I: Theory and Theoretical Models; On Biosemiotics and Its Possible Relevance to Linguistics; Understanding Life from a Fundamentally Semiotic Perspective; Linguistics and Biology: The Relationship Redefined; Defining Biosemiotics, and Its Relation to Linguistics; Thomas A. Sebeok: From Linguistics to Biosemiotics; The Latency of Biosemiotics in the Study of Linguistics. Language Is Not the Primary Creator or Locus of Meaning: Aspects of the Biosemiotic Perspective Relevant to the Advancement of Linguistic Inquiry Conclusions; References; Language and Biosphere: Blurry Contours as a Condition of Semiosis; Life as a Text: What Is the Metaphor?; Beyond College Textbooks; Elements; Speech Sounds and Molecules; Jumping to Chemistry; Cloudy Strings; Shaping the Message; Distributed in the World; Avatars: Critters or Zombies?; Mimesis; Epilogue; References; Language as Primary Modeling and Natural Languages: A Biosemiotic Perspective. General Linguistics and Global Semiotics Modeling, Communication and Dialogue; Language and Endosemiotic Systems; Binarism, Triadism and Dialogism; Language and the Origin of the Word; Syntactics and Writing in Language; Language and Communication; The Enigma of Babel; Language (Langage/Linguaggio) as Primary Modeling Species-Specific to Man and Natural Language (Langue/Lingua); Language (Langage/Linguaggio) and Cognitive Processes; Utterance and Answering Comprehension; References; Umwelt and Language; Introduction; "I Language, Therefore I Model"; Uexküll and Language. Is Language External or Internal to the Umwelt? The Tripartite Umwelt Model; The Role of Language and Predicative Reasoning in the Umwelt; Languaging as Perception, Action and Self-Deception; Languaging is More-than-Linguistic; Language and Self-Deception: The Anthropocentric Mistake; In Search of the Dark Matter of Our Enlightened Worlds; The Genesis and Modalities of Language; Origin and Evolution of Language; Acquisition of Language in Childhood; The Various Linguistic Modalities of the Human Umwelt; Beyond the Anthropocentric Mistake: Languaging as if Nature Mattered; References. Deep Congruence Between Linguistic and Biotic Growth: Evidence for Semiotic FoundationsIntroduction; Biotic and Linguistic Growth; Historical Cross-Fertilization Between Language Sciences and Life Sciences; Challenges Facing Evolutionary Linguistics; Biological Analogies Gone Wild; The Biosemiotic Synthesis; Evolutionary Theory, Semiosis and Peircean Thirdness; Semiosis and Domain-General Evolution; Semiosis and Process-Explicit Evolution; Semiosis and Thirdness in Linguistics and Biology; Deep Congruence; Evolutionary Chance: Linguistic Analogy.
• Publisher Details: Cham New York : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (vi, 295 pages)
• Subjects: 570.1; Life sciences; Biology -- Semiotics; Ecology; Semantics; History; NATURE -- Reference; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- General; Biology -- Semiotics; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- Semantics; Science -- History; Semantics, discourse analysis, etc; History of science; Science -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319206639
• Related ISBNs: 331920663X; 9783319206622; 3319206621
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 17, 2015).
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