A Theory of Linguistic Signs - Couverture rigide

Keller, Rudi

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0198237332 ISBN 13 : 9780198237334

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1998

Synopsis

What does it mean to drive a Cadillac? What does 'cuckoo' suggest about the bird? -- two examples explored in this investigation of the history of language signs and of what philosophers, linguists, and others have had to say about them.

Rudi Keller shows how signs emerge, function, and develop in the permanent process of language change. He recombines thoughts and ideas from Plato to the present day to create a new theory of the meaning and evolution of icons and symbols. By assuming no prior knowledge and by developing his argument from first principles, Rudi Keller has written a basic text which includes all the necessary features: easy style, good organization, original scholarship, and historical depth. This is a non-technical book which will interest linguists, philosophers, students of communications and cultural studies, semioticians/semanticists, sociologists, and anthropologists.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Rudi Keller is Professor of German Linguistics at Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0198237332
• ISBN 13: 9780198237334
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Oxford University Press; https://corp.oup.com/; ; WMF Platz 1; Geislingen/Steige; Baden-W?rttemberg; 73312; Allemagne