Linguistic supertypes : a cognitive-semiotic theory of human communication /

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Author / Creator:Durst-Andersen, Per.
Imprint:Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Mouton, 2011.
Description:1 online resource (xii, 314 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Semiotics, communication and cognition, 1867-0873 ; 6
Semiotics, communication and cognition ; 6.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11277648
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ISBN:9783110253153
3110253151
3110253135
9783110253139
3110253143
9783110253146
9783110253139
9783110253146
9786613166593
6613166596
1283166593
9781283166591
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-294) and index.
In English.
Print version record.
Summary:By integrating ideas of Peirce, Bühler, Bakhtin, Piaget and Jakobson, in this book the author defines three linguistic supertypes each operating with either the situation in reality, the speaker's experience of it or his condensed information to the hearer. The theory is built step by step on the basis of a detailed examination of individual languages and their relationship to perception and cognition, their representation of situations and their use in oral and written discourse. The theory offers a completely new understanding of language and its role in perception, cognition and communication.
Other form:Print version: Durst-Andersen, Per. Linguistic supertypes. Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Mouton, 2011
Standard no.:10.1515/9783110253153
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The book offers a completely new view of language and of languages such as Russian, Chinese, Bulgarian, Georgian, Danish and English by dividing them into three supertypes on the basis of a step-by-step examination of their relationship to perception and cognition, their representation of situations and their use in oral and written discourse. The dynamic processing of visual stimuli involves three stages: input (experience), intake (understanding) and outcome (a combination). The very choice among three modalities of existence gives a language a certain voice -- either the voice of reality based on situations, the speaker's voice involving experiences or the hearer's voice grounded on information. This makes grammar a prime index: all symbols are static and impotent and need a vehicle, i.e. grammar, which can bring them to the proper point of reference. Language is shown to be a living organism with a determinant category, aspect, mood or tense, which conquers territory from other potential competitors trying to create harmony between verbal and nominal categories. It is demonstrated that the communication processes are different in the three supertypes, although in all three cases the speaker must choose between a public and a private voice before the grammar is put into use.

Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 314 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-294) and index.
ISBN:9783110253153
3110253151
3110253135
9783110253139
3110253143
9783110253146
9786613166593
6613166596
1283166593
9781283166591
ISSN:1867-0873
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