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Sign Levels: Language and Its Evolutionary Antecedents (Philosophical Studies Series)
D.S. Clarke
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Hardcover. Drawing on the pragmatist tradition of semiotic of Peirce and Morris, this book traces the development of the logical categories of language to the more primitive sign levels of natural events and signals. The concluding chapters discuss the unique features introduced by spoken natural languages. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528. Language and Its Evolutionary Antecedents. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. 271 pages, black & white illustrations. Drawing on the pragmatist tradition of semiotic of Peirce and Morris, this book traces the development of the logical categories of language to the more primitive sign levels of natural events and signals. The concluding chapters discuss the unique features introduced by spoken natural languages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 22. Weight: 528.
Since the revolution in philosophic method that began about a century ago, the focus of philosophic attention has been on language as used both in daily conversation and in specialized institutional activities such as science, law, and the arts. But language is an extremely complex and varied means of communication, and the study of it has been increasingly incorporated into such empirical disciplines as linguistics, psycho linguistics, and cognitive psychology. It is becoming less clear what aspects of language remain as proper subjects of philosophical study, what are to be "kicked upstairs" (J. L. Austin's phrase) to the sciences. This ... Read more
Since the revolution in philosophic method that began about a century ago, the focus of philosophic attention has been on language as used both in daily conversation and in specialized institutional activities such as science, law, and the arts. But language is an extremely complex and varied means of communication, and the study of it has been increasingly incorporated into such empirical disciplines as linguistics, psycho linguistics, and cognitive psychology. It is becoming less clear what aspects of language remain as proper subjects of philosophical study, what are to be "kicked upstairs" (J. L. Austin's phrase) to the sciences. This ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Springer
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
Series
Philosophical Studies Series
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402016509
SKU
V9781402016509
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