ISBN:
9783110120868
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (292 p)
Series Statement:
Studies in Anthropological Linguistics
Series Statement:
Studies in Anthropological Linguistics Ser v.4
Parallel Title:
Print version Language in Its Cultural Embedding : Explorations in the Relativity of Signs and Sign Systems
DDC:
306/.4
Keywords:
Anthropological linguistics
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Culture ; Semiotic models
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Language and culture
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Signs and symbols
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Reality, models of reality and sign systems: Interaction in a culture-related context -- Chapter 2. The microstructure of the linguistic sign and its relation to cultural settings: A componential analysis of the process of signification -- 1. The structure of the linguistic sign in onomatopoetic expressions (including interjections) -- 2. Variations of the linguistic sign involving concrete concepts -- 3. Variations of the linguistic sign involving abstract concepts -- 4. Variations of the linguistic sign involving names -- Chapter 3. Language as a sigmatic fixative of reality: Parameters of semiotic relativity -- 1. The semiotic nomenclature of demonstrative relations (including directional relations) -- 1.1 The marking of horizontal distance in systems of demonstrative relations -- 1.2. The marking of vertical distance in systems of demonstrative relations -- 1.3. The marking of space relations in demonstrative systems -- 1.4. The marking of motion in systems of demonstrative relations -- 1.5. The marking of the range of vision in systems of demonstrative relations -- 1.6. The marking of time relations in demonstrative systems -- 1.7. The marking of indefiniteness in systems of demonstrative relations -- 1.8. The marking of determinative relations in demonstrative systems -- 1.9. The marking of politeness in systems of demonstrative relations -- 1.10. The marking of emphatic connotations in systems of demonstrative relations -- 2. The semiotic nomenclature in relations of politeness and deference -- 2.1. The marking of politeness in the system of personal pronouns -- 2.2. The marking of politeness in the system of possessive pronouns -- 2.3. The marking of politeness in the system of demonstrative pronouns -- 2.4. The marking of politeness in the verbal system.
Description / Table of Contents:
""Preface""; ""Chapter 1. Reality, models of reality and sign systems: Interaction in a culture-related context""; ""Chapter 2. The microstructure of the linguistic sign and its relation to cultural settings: A componential analysis of the process of signification""; ""1. The structure of the linguistic sign in onomatopoetic expressions (including interjections)""; ""2. Variations of the linguistic sign involving concrete concepts""; ""3. Variations of the linguistic sign involving abstract concepts""; ""4. Variations of the linguistic sign involving names""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Chapter 3. Language as a sigmatic fixative of reality: Parameters of semiotic relativity""""1. The semiotic nomenclature of demonstrative relations (including directional relations)""; ""1.1 The marking of horizontal distance in systems of demonstrative relations""; ""1.2. The marking of vertical distance in systems of demonstrative relations""; ""1.3. The marking of space relations in demonstrative systems""; ""1.4. The marking of motion in systems of demonstrative relations""; ""1.5. The marking of the range of vision in systems of demonstrative relations""
Description / Table of Contents:
""1.6. The marking of time relations in demonstrative systems""""1.7. The marking of indefiniteness in systems of demonstrative relations""; ""1.8. The marking of determinative relations in demonstrative systems""; ""1.9. The marking of politeness in systems of demonstrative relations""; ""1.10. The marking of emphatic connotations in systems of demonstrative relations""; ""2. The semiotic nomenclature in relations of politeness and deference""; ""2.1. The marking of politeness in the system of personal pronouns""; ""2.2. The marking of politeness in the system of possessive pronouns""
Description / Table of Contents:
""2.3. The marking of politeness in the system of demonstrative pronouns""""2.4. The marking of politeness in the verbal system""; ""2.5. The marking of politeness in the nominal system""; ""2.6. The marking of politeness in lexical structures""; ""3. The semitotic nomenclature in emotional and rational relations as a facet of mentality""; ""Chater 4. Language as a semiotic seismograph of acculturation: The problem of variability in sign systems""; ""1. Borrowings in the lexical field of parts of the body""; ""2. Borrowings in the system of numerals""
Description / Table of Contents:
""3. Borrowings in the lexical field of color terminology""""4. Borrowed expressions for natural phenomena as well as living things""; ""5. Borrowed expressions for basic activities and qualities""; ""6. Borrowings in the pronominal system""; ""Chapter 5. The world of signs and applied semiotics: An interpretative approach to ancient and modern cultures""; ""1. The fixation and mnemotechnical recording of information on the basis of pictures, and without the participation of language""
Description / Table of Contents:
""2. The fixation and mnemotechnical recording of information based on a diffuse correlation of pictorial symbols and linguistic signs""
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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