| Morphogenesis of Meaning: Translated by Franson Manjali Contributor(s): Brandt, Per Aage (Editor), Wildgen, Wolfgang (Editor), Petitot, Jean (Author) |
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ISBN: 3039101048 ISBN-13: 9783039101047 Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P OUR PRICE: $122.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Phonetics & Phonology - Mathematics |
| Dewey: 410.18 |
| LCCN: 2004040835 |
| Series: European Semiotics |
| Physical Information: 279 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The original French version of Morphogenesis of Meaning was one of the important breakthroughs in cognitive semiolinguistics during the eighties. It provided a deep philosophical elaboration of Ren 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 Tesni re, Louis Hjelmslev), narrative structures (Vladimir Propp, Claude L vi-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 perspectives which were developped in the context of European structuralism. |
