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de Gruyter Indexicality
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£103.55
de Gruyter Onomatopoeia in the Worlds Languages
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£336.50
De Gruyter Why is ‘Why’ Unique?: Its Syntactic and Semantic Properties
Book SynopsisWhy is ‘Why’ Unique? Its Syntactic and Semantic Properties considers the behaviour of this peculiar wh-element across many different languages, including Ewe, Trevisan, Italian, Basque, German, Dutch, Cantonese, Mandarin, English and Hebrew. In ten original chapters, the authors explore various aspects of why-questions, such as the way why interacts with V2 constructions in Basque, with a subject clitic in Trevisan or how its morpho-syntactic make-up determines its merge position in Ewe, to mention but a few. Furthermore, a clear-cut distinction is established between high and low reason adverbials which are subsequently examined in why-stripping environments in Dutch. Beyond why proper, the book explores a special class of wh-expressions in some in-situ languages which give rise to unexpected why-construals with a touch of whining force. The objective is to explain the unusual syntactic position of these wh-expressions as well as their association with peculiar pragmatics. The questions are addressed for Cantonese: are what-initial sentences genuine questions? To what extent are Cantonese what-initial sentences similar to how-initial sentences in Mandarin? Beside these what-as-why questions, a special class of rhetorical questions, the doubly-marked interrogatives in Hebrew, come under scrutiny. Why is ‘why’ unique also concerns the interface with prosody and several experimental studies investigate precisely this aspect.
£17.58
De Gruyter Introduction to the Semiotics of the Text
£17.58
De Gruyter Repetitions in Gesture: A Cognitive-Linguistic and Usage-Based Perspective
Book SynopsisRepetitive sequences play a major role as a pattern-building device and are a basic syntagmatic linguistic means on all language levels in spoken and signed languages. Little attention has been paid to investigating them in multimodal language use. Do gestures exhibit different types of repetitive sequences? Do they build complex units based on these types and if so, how is the pattern building to be described? How is the interrelation of gestural and spoken units in such complex units? Is it possible to identify repetitive patterns that are comparable to spoken and signed languages and/or patterns specific to the gestural modality? Based on a corpus-analysis of multimodal usage-events, 7 chapters explore gestural repetitions with regard to their structure, semantic and syntactic relevance for multimodal utterances, and cognitive saliency. Fine-grained cognitive-linguistic analyses of multimodal usage events reveal that gestural repetitions are not only a basic principle of building patterns in spoken and signed languages, but also in gestures. By addressing questions of mediality and multimodality of language-in-use, the book contributes to the investigation of repetition as a fundamental means of sign and meaning construction (crosscutting modalities) and enhances the understanding of the multimodal character of language in use.
£17.58
De Gruyter From Lying to Perjury: Linguistic and Legal Perspectives on Lies and Other Falsehoods
Book SynopsisThis volume provides new insights on lying and (intentionally) misleading in and out of the courtroom, a timely topic for scholarship and society. Not all deceptive statements are lies; not every lie under oath amounts to perjury—but what are the relevant criteria? Taxonomies of falsehood based on illocutionary force, utterance context and speakers’ intentions have been debated by linguists, moral philosophers, social psychologists and cognitive scientists. Legal scholars have examined the boundary between actual perjury and garden-variety lies. The fourteen previously unpublished essays in this book apply theoretical and empirical tools to delineate the landscape of falsehood, half-truth, perjury, and verbal manipulation, including puffery, bluffing, and bullshit. The papers in this collection address conceptual and ethical aspects of lying vs. misleading and the correlation of this opposition with the Gricean pragmatic distinction between what is said and what is implicated. The questions of truth and lies addressed in this volume have long engaged the attention of scholars in linguistics, philosophy, psychology, cognitive science, organizational research, and the law, and researchers from all these fields will find this book of interest.
£21.85
de Gruyter Semiotics and City Poetics
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£20.70
de Gruyter Der Westen als WirGruppe im Kampf der Kulturen
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£18.95
De Gruyter Semiotics and its Masters. Volume 2
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£17.58
de Gruyter Kulturkämpfe ALS Sprachkämpfe
£158.39
de Gruyter Zu Theorie Und Geschichte Der Literatur
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£134.09
de Gruyter Schriftsteller Weltanschauung Kunstfortschritt
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£134.09
de Gruyter Literarischer Text Und Kommunikatives Handeln
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£134.09
de Gruyter Kontext
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£134.09
de Gruyter Literaturwissenschaft
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£134.09
de Gruyter Bulgarische Marxistische Literaturtheorie Und
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£134.09
Springer International Publishing AG Contrastiveness in Information Structure,
Book SynopsisA group of authors containing both leading authorities and young researchers addresses a number of issues of contrastiveness, polarity items and exhaustivity, quantificational expressions and the implicatures they generate, and the interaction between semantic operators and speech acts. The 19 contributions provide insights on the interplay between semantics and pragmatics. The volume’s reach is cross-linguistic and takes an unorthodox multi-paradigm approach. Languages studied range from European languages including Hungarian and Russian to East Asian languages such as Japanese and Korean, with rich data on focus and discourse particles. This volume contributes to a major area of research in linguistics of the last decade, and provides novel, state-of-the-art views on some of the central topics in linguistic research, and will appeal to an audience of graduate and advanced undergraduate researchers in linguistics, philosophy of language and computational linguistics.Table of ContentsI. Information Structure and Contrastiveness.- 1. Contrastive Topic, Contrastive Focus, Alternatives and Scalar Implicatures by Chungmin Lee.- 2. Partition Semantics and Pragmatics of Contrastive Topic by Katsuhiko Yabushita.- 3. Deriving the Properties of Structural Focus by Katalin É. Kiss.- 4. Topic, Focus, and Exhaustive Interpretation by Robert van Rooij.- 5. The Interpretation of a “contrast-marking” Particle by Gyuris, Beáta.- 6. Scalar Implicatures, Presuppositions, and Discourse Particles: Colloquial Russian –to, že, and ved’ in Combination by Svetlana McCoy-Rusanova.- II. Polarity, Alternatives, Exhaustivity and Implicatures.- 7. Indeterminate Pronouns: The View from Japanese by Angelika Kratzer and Junko Shimoyama.- 8. Free Choiceness without Domain-widening by Jinyoung Choi.- 9. Expletive Negation and Polarity Alternatives by Yoonhee Choi and Chungmin Lee.- 10. On the Distribution and the Semantics of the Korean Focus Particle –lato by Dongsik Lim.- 11. Disjunction and Implicatures: Some Notes on Recent Developments by Uli Sauerland.- 12. Scalar Implicatures with Alternative Semantics by Ezra Keshet.- III. Quantificational Expressions.- 13. Almost et al.: Scalar Adverbs Revisited by Laurence R. Horn.- 14. Interpretations of Numerals and Structured Contexts by Jae-Il Yeom.- 15. Scales and Non-scales in (Hebrew) Child Language by Leah R. Paltiel-Gedalyovich & Jeannette Schaeffer.- 16. Negative Implicatum, Positive Implicatum by Mingya Liu.- 17. Focus, Contrast, and the Syntax-phonology Interface: The Case of French Cleft-sentences by Fatima Hamlaoui.- 18. Focus Particle Mo and Many/Few Implicatures on Numerals in Japanese by Chidori Nakamura.- IV. Questions and Speech Acts.- 19. Negated Polarity Questions as Denegations of Assertions by Manfred Krifka.- 20. Intonation of Wh- and Yes/No-question in Tokyo Japanese by Shinichiro Ishihara
£97.49
Springer International Publishing AG Discourse and Diversionary Justice: An Analysis
Book SynopsisThis book analyses the Youth Justice Conferencing Program in New South Wales, Australia. Exploring this form of diversionary justice from the perspectives of functional linguistics and performance studies, the authors combine close textual analysis with ethnographic research methodologies. They examine how participants use the discourse semantic resources available to them to achieve such outcomes as reparation for the victim, reintegration of the offender into the community, and reconciliation between the various parties. This uniquely-researched work is sure to be of interest to students and scholars of applied linguistics, sociolinguistics and discourse analysis.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Approaching restorative justice.- Chapter 2. Conference design – genre and macro-genre.- Chapter 3. Conference interaction – exchange structure.- Chapter 4. Expressing feeling – appraisal systems.- Chapter 5. Negotiating feeling – the role of body language.- Chapter 6. Performing identity – a topological perspective.- Chapter 7. Ceremonial redress – how conferencing in fact achieves it goals.
£67.49
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Die Bedeutung von Morphemen für die Sprachanalyse: Zur mentalen Verarbeitung lexikalischer und grammatischer Morpheme
Book SynopsisNeben einem kritischen Überblick über Theorien und empirische Arbeiten zum Einfluß morphologischer Strukturen auf die visuelle Worterkennungsleistung werden eigene experimentelle Untersuchungen dargestellt und diskutiert. Dabei wird die Hypothese verfolgt, daß insbesondere flexionsmorphologische Merkmale bzw. morphosyntaktische Informationen und semantisch-lexikalische Informationen einer Wortform unabhängig voneinander und damit auf verschiedenen Ebenen des Sprachverarbeitungssystems repräsentiert sind. "(...) Die klar gegliederte und gut lesbare Arbeit bietet einen konkreten Einblick sowohl in die gegenwärtige Theoriediskussion kognitionspsychologisch orientierter Morphologieforschung als auch in die experimentelle Vorgehensweise."Germanistik 1/90Table of Contents1. Linguistische Beschreibung morphologischer Strukturen.- 1.1. Morphemtypen.- 1.2. Segmentierung und Klassifikation.- 1.3. Abgrenzung von Flexions — und Derivationsmorphologie.- 2. Psycholinguistische Theorien zur Verarbeitung morphologischer Strukturen.- 2.1. Verarbeitung und Speicherung derivierter Wortformen.- 2.1.1. Präfigierte Derivationskomplexe.- 2.1.2. Suffigierte Derivationskomplexe.- 2.1.3. Bewertung der Befunde.- 2.2. Verarbeitung und Speicherung flektierter Wortformen.- 2.2.1. Untersuchungsbefunde im Englischen.- 2.2.2. Untersuchungsbefunde im Serbokroatischen.- 2.2.3. Untersuchungsbefunde im Italienischen.- 2.2.4. Untersuchungsbefunde im Holländischen.- 2.2.5. Untersuchungsbefunde im Deutschen.- 2.3. Diskussion der Theorien zur Verarbeitung morphologischer Strukturen.- 2.4. Entwicklung einer Arbeitshypothese.- 3. Empirische Untersuchungen.- 3.1. Voruntersuchung I.- 3.2. Voruntersuchung II.- 3.3. Experimente 1–5.- 3.3.1. Methoden.- 3.3.2. Experiment 1.- 3.3.3. Experiment 2.- 3.3.4. Experiment 3.- 3.3.5. Experiment 4.- 3.3.6. Zusammenfassende Diskussion der Experimente 2–4.- 3.3.7. Experiment 5.- 4. Gesamtdiskussion.- 4.1. Zusammenfassung der Untersuchungsbefunde.- 4.2. Zur Schwierigkeit der Verarbeitung eines Wortes wie „LEITE“im Kontext von Wörtern wie „KLOPFTE“.- 4.3. Syntaktisches Priming.- 4.4. Verarbeitung morphologischer Strukturen. Worterkennungsmodelle vs. Sprachverarbeitungsmodelle?.- Zusammenfassung.- Literatur.
£41.39
Peter Lang AG Understanding Body Movement: A Guide to Empirical
Book SynopsisThis book is an interdisciplinary guide to empirical research on nonverbal behaviour. It focuses on tools and procedures to investigate body movement and gesture and the relation to cognitive, emotional, and interactive processes. NEUROGES is an objective and reliable coding system for movement behaviour and gesture. Its combination with the multi-media annotation tool ELAN results in an effective movement analysis. Rater training and rating procedures constitute an important component in movement behaviour studies. A novel algorithm assesses interrater agreement for the segmentation of the ongoing flow of behaviour. Recommendations for study designs and statistical data evaluation are given, including innovative procedures for the analysis of interactive partners’ body movements.Table of ContentsContents: H. Lausberg: Movement Behaviour Research through History and in Current Scientific Disciplines – H. Lausberg: Empirical Research on Movement Behaviour and its Link to Cognitive, Emotional, and Interactive Processes – H. Lausberg: Movement Behaviour Analysis across Scientific Disciplines – H. Lausberg: The NEUROGES Coding System: Design and Psychometric Properties – R. Rein: Using 3D Kinematics for the Analysis of Hand Movement Behaviour: A Pilot Study and some Further Suggestions – H. Slöetjes: The ELAN Annotation Tool – H. Lausberg/H. Slöetjes: NEUROGES in Combination with the Annotation Tool ELAN – H. Slöetjes: Step by Step Instruction in NEUROGES Coding with ELAN – H. Lausberg: Study Designs in Movement Behaviour Research – H.Skomroch/K. Hogrefe/R. Rein: Speakers Adapt their Hand Movement Behaviour to the Content of Visual Stimuli – H. Lausberg: Rater Training and Rating Procedures – J. Bryjovà: The NEUROGES Interactive Learning Tool – K. Petermann/H. Skomroch/D. Dvoretska: Calculating Temporal Interrater Agreement for Binary Movement Categories – H. Holle/R. Rein: The Modified Cohen’s Kappa: Calculating Interrater Agreement for Segmentation and Annotation – H. Skomroch: Recommendations for Assessing the Level of Interrater Agreement – U. Sassenberg/I. Helmich: Statistical Evaluation and Data Presentation – H. Lausberg/D. Dvoretska/M. Kryger: Evaluating NEUROGES Data on Interaction.
£60.39
Peter Lang AG The Translation Equivalence Delusion: Meaning and
Book Synopsis Almost everything that one claims about meaning is likely to be questioned or disputed. Translation studies also abound in numerous controversies. However, there is no doubt that translations entail a transfer of meaning, even if the exact sense of the word "meaning" remains vague. The same applies to the term "translation equivalence". This book is an attempt to cope with conceptual, terminological, theoretical, and practical difficulties resulting from this nebula of issues. Numerous examples of translated legal, religious and artistic texts are provided to substantiate the claim that translation equivalence, except in the most trivial sense of the term, is indeed a delusion. The book is addressed to all those persons who are interested in mutual relations between semantics and translation studies.Table of ContentsVarious aspects of meaning – Terminological chaos – The "phases of matter" metaphor of meaning – Translation and related activities – Translation equivalence delusion – Direct and indirect translation – Translating various kinds of texts – Translation accuracy
£55.80
Peter Lang AG From Philosophy of Fiction to Cognitive Poetics
Book Synopsis Studies collected in this volume investigate selected issues in contemporary philosophy of language and philosophy of literature. Individual authors concentrate on philosophy of fiction and discuss fictional worlds and fictional characters. They also present different approaches to translation theory, and metaphor theory (both classical and conceptual). Other chapters address the issues of figurativeness and poetic language, apply the principles of cognitive poetics to analyse different types of texts, and provide cognitive approaches to abstraction in visual and verbal art, also to the categories of similarity and difference in perception and language. The analysed authors include Wallace Stevens, Rae Armantrout, Ernest Hemingway and David Lodge.Table of Contentsphilosophy of language, philosophy of literature, cognitive poetics, fictional worlds, fictional characters, metaphor theory, translation theory, neo-Whorfianism, figurative language, Wallace Stevens, Rae Armantrout, visual art, verbal art, abstraction, similarity and difference in perception and language
£55.80
Peter Lang AG Motivating the Symbolic: Towards a Cognitive
Book Synopsis The book outlines a new approach to the study of motivation in language, which is firmly rooted in the paradigm of cognitive linguistics, but it is developed in critical (and constructive) dialogue with classical theories in semiotics: Ferdinand de Saussure’s structural linguistics and Charles S. Peirce’s model of the sign. The author’s proposal hinges upon the Peircean distinction between iconic, indexical, and symbolic signs, but the classical typology is reinterpreted within the framework of cognitive linguistics. The approach does not seek to "categorize" different linguistic expressions into one of the three Peircean types, but attempts to capture the dynamicity of meanings in terms of iconicity, indexicality, and conventionality. The book presents an analysis of selected vocabulary and morphosyntactic structures of English.Table of ContentsCognitive theory of the linguistic sign – New theory of linguistic motivation – Cognitive linguistics – Language vs. Reality – Models of the linguistic sign – Post-Saussurean linguistics – Peirce-inspired linguistics
£46.48
Peter Lang AG Current Perspectives in Semiotics: Texts, Genres,
Book SynopsisThis timely volume, inspired by the work of Umberto Eco, features applications of semiotic theories and methodological frameworks to a vast array of texts, genres and practices within contemporary semiosphere. Exploring the interplay of language, image and sound, contributors discuss the structural and functional properties of signs, along with motivations behind them and implications they have for the meaning-making process, identity, ideology, and the politics of representation. The volume is an outcome of the SIVO «Signum-Idea-Verbum-Opus» project initiated by Umberto Eco’s keynote address during his visit at the University of Łódź in 2015. It is also a continuation of theoretical explorations which can be found in «Current Perspectives in Semiotics: Signs, Signification, and Communication», published simultaneously by Peter Lang.Table of ContentsApplication of theoretical frameworks and methodologies used in semiotics - Structural and functional examination of texts and genres in contemporary semiosphere - Insights into the interface between the verbal and the visual - Critical reflections on identity, ideology and representation in literary and media texts
£50.04
Peter Lang AG Objects of Inquiry in Philosophy of Language and
Book SynopsisThis book investigates possible common objects of inquiry in philosophy of language and literature. The topics discussed include proper names (analyzed from different theoretical perspectives), fictional names, truth in fiction, ontological status and metaphysics of fictional characters, metaphor, representation, interpretation, and other issues connecting research in philosophy of language with philosophy of literature. Theoretical frameworks include Millian semantics, Fregean semantics, hybrid semantics, realism, antirealism, and metaphorical expressivism.Table of ContentsProper names – Fictional names – Fictional characters – Truth in fiction – Metaphysics of fictional characters – Millian semantics – Fregean semantics – Realism and antirealism – Sense and nonsense – Metaphor – Representation – Interpretation – Donald Davidson – Franz Kafka – Finnegans Wake
£43.47
Peter Lang AG Linguistic Landscapes im deutschsprachigen
Book SynopsisDie Erforschung von Sprache im öffentlichen Raum (Linguistic Landscapes, LL) hat sich in den vergangen 20 Jahren als Teilgebiet der Soziolinguistik, der Semiotik und anderer Disziplinen fest etabliert. Der vorliegende Band gibt einen Überblick zu zentralen Ansätzen der LL-Forschung mit einem Bezug zur deutschen Sprache. Die Beiträge stellen aktuelle Studien aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum, zu Deutsch als Minderheitensprache sowie aus Ländern mit einer ausgeprägten DaF-Tradition vor. Sie thematisieren sprachstrukturelle und soziolinguistische ebenso wie didaktische, methodische und technologische Aspekte. Damit trägt der Band zu einer Systematisierung der deutschsprachigen LL-Forschung bei, gibt Impulse für internationale Diskussionen und benennt wichtige Desiderata.
£61.11
Peter Lang AG Stereotypes and Myths. Intertextuality in Central
Book SynopsisThis book combines the theory of intertextuality and intermediality with imagological reflections. These are understood as a way of intercultural, hermeneutically oriented secondary communication in which the analyses of "otherness" do not serve for the purposes of presenting one’s own self, but for understanding it. By providing tangible text examples from Central European literatures (and others), the authors focus on the circulation of "culture images" as a multilayer text, where reality is represented through verbal means and interpretational proceedings. These images emerged primarily in the period of rising nationalism and, to some extent, they persist to this day. The monograph thus opens a new perspective for theoretical analysis of problems.Table of ContentsIntroduction — The Film Adaptation of a Literary Work — The Ours and the Foreign in Literature (Fiction) (Slovak-Hungarian Relations) — The Ours and the Foreign in Formation of the Image of a Tinker (Slovak-Czech Relations) — Slavic Myths in the Context of the Study of East-West Relations — The Faustian Myth and its Forms — The Intertextual Aspect of the Faustian Theme in the Nineteenth–Century Slovak and Czech Literature — Central European Ethnic Stereotypes in the Popular Culture — Conclusion — Index — Bibliography .
£34.20
Peter Lang AG A Silent Scream: An Approach to «King Kong» and
Book SynopsisThis book describes the main characteristics that define the emotion of fear, its dimensions, functions, types, and social and individual meanings. It also shows that fear represents a desire to eliminate the Other and that horror films have their origin precisely in crisis and fear, which gives it a fundamentally xenophobic nature. This is demonstrated in the book through the analysis of the four most important versions of the King Kong myth: 1933, 1976, 2005 and 2017. These versions are the result of the fear of the Other that was generated by particular crises in US society: the stock market crash of 1929, the 1970s energy crisis, 9/11 and the military intervention in Iraq in 2003 and its consequences. These conflicts also led to psychological and sociological effects that created a desire for escape that King Kong's films manifest. Table of ContentsSTARTING HYPOTHESIS, OBJECTIVES, THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS, FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS AND STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK — CRISIS, FEAR, AND XENOPHOBIA IN HORROR CINEMA — CRISIS AND FEAR IN KING KONG — NOSTALGIA FOR THE ORIGIN — KING KONG AND THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FEAR OF THE OTHER — FEAR OF THE BLACK RACE — MALE FEAR OF WOMEN — CRISIS, OR WHERE WE COME FROM AND WHERE WE ARE GOING — BIBLIOGRAPHY .
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Peter Lang AG The Semiotics of Consensus: Impact of Network
Book SynopsisThis book draws from graph theory and a semiotic comparison between language and distributed ledger technologies (also known as Blockchains) to motivate three experiments on language and network structure. The work explores the importance of this concept in different areas of linguistic research and establishes elements of a tentative linguistics of networks. Its empirical investigation is based on data from threads posted to the imageboard Hispachan, which often displays radicalized language and hate speech. The experiments (based on topic modeling and sentiment analysis) reveal an impact of the network structure of interaction on the interaction itself as well as the use of ingroup signalling and emotionally charged vocabulary to expand the network of interaction. .Table of ContentsLinguistics and Technology – Blockchain Semiotics – Graph Theory in Linguistics – Linguistics of Social Networks – Radicalized Language on the Internet – Influence of Network Topology on Consensus – Quantitative Linguistic Research – Webscraping – Network Analysis of Linguistic Interaction – Topic Modelling – Sentiment Analysis
£48.60
Daimon Verlag Battle of Symbols: Global Dynamics of
Book SynopsisSymbols increasingly dominate international communication. Their power was demonstrated by the events of 9/11 and the war against terrorism. Yet few understand them. Now, more than ever, it is important to understand symbols in a global context. In this book, John Fraim examines 9/11 in light of global symbolism. While the events of 9/11 represented the beginning of the war against terrorism, Fraim notes the real ''battle of symbols'' started long before September 11th and will continue long after the fall of the Taliban regime or Saddam Hussein. The book observes the response of the American symbolism industry to the events of 9/11. As Fraim notes, the events of 9/11 offered a rare opportunity to observe how American symbols are created (by Madison Avenue advertising and Hollywood entertainment), communicated (by New York media) and managed (by Washington public relations). One of the more hopeful outcomes of 9/11 was the instigation of an international dialogue about the power of symbols. From this continuing dialogue America and the world have gained a new awareness of the growing power of symbols. Whether this awareness will lead to a new understanding of symbols on a national and global scale is one of the most important questions facing America (and the world) today.
£33.29
Samfundslitteratur From First to Third Via Cybersemiotics: A
Book SynopsisThis is a festscrift made to honour the great scholarly work of Professor Søren Brier The festschrift contains articles written by international scholars within academic fields such as: semiotics, library and information science, 2. order cybernetics, ethics in science, metaphysics. All these different yet related topics show the diversity and depth of Brier''s research.
£27.00
De Gruyter Semiotic Approaches to Human Relations
£198.55
De Gruyter The Language of Gestures
£95.00
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De Gruyter Architecture, Language, and Meaning: The Origins of the Built World and its Semiotic Organization
£23.50
Amsterdam University Press Reading Memory Sites Through Signs: Hiding into
Book SynopsisWhat can space tell us about our past? Which stories do memory sites narrate? Which memories do they transmit? And, more importantly, how can we read their meanings? Semiotics can provide us with a homogeneous, shareable and theoretically sound methodology to analyse space within a comparable and common frame of reference for scholars of memory studies and traumatic heritage, as well as for historians, architects and museum curators. The book describes in clear and understandable language the main semiotic concepts that can be used to analyse space, illustrating them with carefully chosen case studies of memory spaces – monuments, museums, post-war urban restoration, filmed and virtual space – in order to show the applicability and efficacy of a semiotic methodology.Table of ContentsFor a Semiotics of Spaces of Memories Practices of Enunciation and Narratives from Monuments to Global Landscapes of Inheritance (Cristina Demaria and Patrizia Violi) 1 Stories that Shape Spatialities Lieu and Milieu de Mémoire through the Lens of Narrativity (Daniele Salerno) 2 Interpretation and Use of Memory How Practices Can Change the Meanings of Monuments (Mario Panico) 3 Uncomfortable Memories of Fascist Italy: The Case of Bigio of Brescia (Anna Maria Lorusso) 4 What Does Fascist Architecture Still Have to Tell Us? Preservation of Contested Heritage as a Strategy of Re-Enunciation and ‘Voice Remodulation’ (Francesco Mazzucchelli) 5 Berlin, the Jewish Museum and the Holocaust Memorial (Isabella Pezzini) 6 Making Space for Memory Collective Enunciation in the Provincial Memory Archive of Córdoba, Argentina (Paola Sozzi) 7 Ruins of War The Green Sea and the Mysterious Island (Gianfranco Marrone) 8 Turning Spaces of Memory into Memoryscapes Cinema as Counter Monument in Jonathan Perel’s El Predio and Tabula Rasa (Cristina Demaria) 9 Voices from the Past: Memories in a Digital Space. The Case of AppRecuerdos in Santiago, Chile (Patrizia Violi) 10 500,000 Dirhams in Scandinavia, from Mobile Silver to Land Rent A Semiotic Analysis ( Manar Hammad) Index Index of names
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Chinese Semiotic Thoughts in the Pre-imperial Age
Book SynopsisThis book examines practices on the relationship between sign and meaning in the Pre-Imperial period of China from the semiotics perspective. Although the Chinese civilization did not develop a comprehensive semiotics system in that period, they are highly semiotic in many ways. The thinking and application of signs of Chinese people can be found in many classics, such as The Book of Changes, The Analects of Confucius, Tao De Jing and Zhuangzi. This book begins its study by re-examining the semiotic thoughts contained in The Book of Changes and inquiries into the thoughts of the major philosophers of different schools. It provides insights into the findings of these philosophers concerning the relationship between sign and meaning. In particular, it concentrates on how the prosperity of the various contending semiotic thoughts complemented each other in forming a sign system. In addition, the book also emphasizes the wholeness and associativity of observing things and studying relevant signs of Chinese people. As the first monograph in any language to systematically summarize Chinese semiotic thought in the Pre-Imperial period, this book helps promote understanding of the traditional Chinese culture and mindset.Table of ContentsSemiotic Significance of Zhouyi.- Confucian’s Thoughts on Semiotics.- Semiotic Thoughts in Taoism.- Semiotic Thoughts of the School of Names and Mohist School.- The Endgame of Pre-imperial Semiotic Thoughts.
£98.99
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press Symbols and Signs Around Us
Book SynopsisText in Arabic. This book aims to simplify the ideas and theories that affect the lives of youth, presenting them in an interesting way that suits their abilities and develops them. The book is based on simplifying basic ideas in the Science of Signs (Semiotics), which is a science that deals with the study of symbols, signs and signals, their meanings, and ways of interpreting them. Hence, it aims to help youth in developing their awareness of the surroundings in which they live, enhancing their attention towards the details they are accustomed to seeing, as well as stimulating their senses to read what is around them (paintings, signs, symbols, slogans, pictures, and advertisements). Teaching youth signs and their meanings to stimulate their awareness towards the correct interpretation to each sign, is a way to protect them as misinterpretations may harm themselves and others.
£5.90
University of Tartu Press Neuroscience and Translation
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University of Tartu Press The Material Bases of Meaning
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Tartu University Press From Translation to Transduction: The Glassy
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Videotape
Book SynopsisOana Godeanu-Kenworthy is Associate Teaching Professor of American Studies in the Global and Intercultural Studies Department and Affiliate of the Havighurst Center for Post-Soviet Studies at Miami University, Ohio, USA.
£9.49
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Restaurant
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Taco
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