Meaning in communication, cognition and reality : outline of a theory from semiotics, philosophy, and sociology /

Meaning in communication, cognition and reality : outline of a theory from semiotics, philosophy, and sociology /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Staude, Martin, author.
Imprint:	Exeter, UK : Imprint Academic, [2012] ©2012
Description:	1 online resource (296 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Meaning (Philosophy) Communication -- Philosophy. Semantics -- Psychological aspects. Cognition. Reality. Semiotics. Cognition. Communication -- Philosophy. Meaning (Philosophy) Reality. Semantics -- Psychological aspects. Semiotics. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11307311

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ISBN:	9781845403553 184540355X 9781845402297 1845402294
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 11, 2016). Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 10, 2017).
Summary:	Annotation 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 theory, and structuralism. Due to its broad and interdisciplinary focus, this book will not only appeal to semioticians, philosophers, and sociologists, but also to linguists, cultural anthropologists, and cognitive scientists.
Other form:	Print version: Staude, Martin. Meaning in Communication. Andrews UK Ltd, 2015 9781845402297 1845402294

Table of Contents:

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.