The Semiotics of Culture and Language

Volume 1: Language as Social Semiotic

Robin P. Fawcett (Cardiff University, UK)

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Bloomsbury Academic
01 January 2016

linguistics; Semiotics & semiology

Series: Linguistics: Bloomsbury Academic Collections

Semiotics - the study of the general principles of signs and sign systems – is crucial to an understanding of human nature, both social and psychological. The sign systems that we use for interaction with other living beings determine our potential for thought and social action, and language is central among them. It is the implicit claim of this two-volume work that linguistics has something very specific to give to semiotics, and many would further claim that relational network models of language in particular, i.e. systematic and stratificational linguistics, have a fundamental contribution to make.

By: Robin P. Fawcett (Cardiff University UK)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 472g
ISBN: 9781474247146
ISBN 10: 1474247148
Series: Linguistics: Bloomsbury Academic Collections
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 01 January 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Figures List of Tables Foreword Introduction Robin P. Fawcett, M.A.K. Halliday, Sydney M. Lamb and Adam Makkai 1 Language as Code and Language as Behaviour: A Systemic-Functional Interpretation of the Nature and Ontogenesis of Dialogue M.A.K. Halliday 2 Metaphors of Information John Regan 3 How Universal is a Localist Hypothesis? A Linguistic Contribution to the Study of 'Semantic Styles' of Language Yoshihiko Ikegami 4 Some Speculations on Language Contact in a Wider Setting Jeffrey Ellis 5 Ways of Saying: Ways of Meaning Ruqaiya Hasan Index

Robin P. Fawcett is a Research Professor in Linguistics and Director of the Computational Linguistics Unit at the Cardiff School of English, Communication and Philosophy, Cardiff University, UK. M.A.K. Halliday is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney, Australia. Sydney Lamb is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics and Cognitive Science at Rice University in Texas, USA. Adam Makkai is Emeritus Professor of English and Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.