Meaning in Communication, Cognition and Reality : Outline of a Theory from Semiotics, Philosophy and Sociology.

Cover -- Contents -- Front Matter -- Title Page -- Publisher Information -- Cloud of Contents -- Introduction -- Meaning in Communication, Cognition and Reality -- 1. Meaning as Category -- 2. Non-Dualistic Meaning -- 3. Meaning in the Semiotic Triangle -- 4. Meaning as Prototypical Category -- 5. Meaning as Field -- 6. Activation of Meanings and Meaning Fields -- 7. Extroduction -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Also Available.

This book presents a general and formal theory of meaning, signs, and language. The theory is presented in a clear and consistent way offering novel and provocative insights into the fundamental structures and processes of communication, cognition, and reality. Key topics include distinctions and categories, the self-contradictory dualism of word vs. object, linguistic meaning monism, relations and processes in the semiotic triangle, conceptual prototypicality and fuzziness, semantic fields and frames, meaning medium vs. forms, as well as activation and co-activation of meanings. In order to illustrate and apply the theory, everyday examples, in particular power and law, are discussed throughout the book. Methodological questions of data collection and analysis are also addressed as they are relevant to the empirical application and verification of the theory. The book combines approaches from systems theory, non-dualism, prototype theory, semantic field theory, speech act theor.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.