Semiotic Principles in Semantic Theory

Erscheinungsjahr 1981
ISBN: 978-90-272-3513-8
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Buch, Englisch, Band 20, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 500 g

Reihe: Current Issues in Linguistic Theory

This study represents a contribution to the theory of meaning in natural language. It proposes a semantic theory containing a set of regular relational principles. These principles enable semantic theory to describe connections from the lexical reading of a word to its figurative contextual reading, from one variant reading of a polysemous lexical item to another, from the idiomatic to its literal reading or to the literal reading(s) of one or more of its component lexical items. Semiotic theory provides a foundation by supplying principles defining motivated expression-content relations for signs generally. The author argues that regular semantic relational principles must dervive from such semiotic principles, to ensures the psychological reality and generality of the semantic principles.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Norrick, Neal R.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Semiotik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Semiotik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Semiotik